Re: LI.... (again)

[Bryan Swann <swann nosc mil>]

I fixed this problem by loading the Master Boot Record on the root
partition and using system commander to control the boot process into
Linux.

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On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Stephen Smoogen wrote:

> 
> Here is the support canned response on this.
> 
> 
> If you've reached the end of your installation, and you've 
> installed LILO and upon reboot get 'LI' or many 1's and 0's
> It is most likely that you have run into the 1023 cylinder limit.
> What does that mean exactly?
> 
> For IDE drives it means the system can't access the root
> partition above 512MB, for SCSI that means 1GIG...or 1024 megs.
> 
> The root partition or '/' is the main partition that contains the base 
> system and must be placed within the range of 1023 cylinders. 
> What this means is that for IDE drives the root partition must be 
> placed withing the 512MB limit or for SCSI one gig or 1024Mb.
> and must be placed within the range of 1023 cylinders. 
> What this means is that for IDE drives the root partition must be 
> placed withing the 512MB limit or for SCSI one gig or 1024MB.
>  
> How to fix this?
> 
>  1). Repartition your drive allowing for the root partition to be 
>      placed within the above stated cylinder limits.
> 
>  2). Use a linear key word, This has a 50/50 chance. 
>      For more information 'man lilo' and 'man lilo.conf'
>      to know how to add it.
> 
>  3). The BIOS may have to be edited to enable the LBA option.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 18 Oct 1997, Scott Black wrote:
> 
> > Welp,
> > 
> > I've been trolling through the archives and FAQs and have followed the trials and 
> > tribulations of many a LILOer.  Still can't get this thing working.
> > 
> > Redhat 4.2
> > AMI BIOS (flags for LBA, Block Multisector, PIO, and 32bit support)
> > 1gig Quantum Fireball IDE
> > 10X CD (some crappy ACER I think)
> > Adaptec AVA-1515 SCSI host adapter
> > HP C3010 2gig SCSI Drive (this is the real fireball!!  ;))
> > 
> > The install runs smoothly, It detects the IDE HD, CD and the Adaptec and installs 
> > everything without any complaints. I have set aside the entire SCSI drive for 
> > Linux.  I thought that I should install LILO to my MBR on my boot (C) drive.   
> > This is how I've configured LILO before (given: Linux resided on a partition 
> > of the boot drive). 
> > 
> > Upon reboot I got the scrolling death screen of 01 01...  After fiddling around 
> > with the IDE BIOS settings I managed to get the new and improved 00 00 ... and 
> > finally arrived at the current LI .
> > 
> > I reran through the install and tried to write LILO to a floppy.  I got the same 
> > results as described above (on the IDE drive).
> > 
> > Should I rerun the install and load LILO onto the superblock of the SCSI drive?
> > 
> > How will I be able to boot Linux?  I don't mind having a boot floppy that boots 
> > the SCSI drive.
> > 
> > I know if I can get to a LILO prompt I can do the linux root=/dev/sda1 thing but I 
> > cannot get there.  
> > 
> > I know I am close and I am dying to get this up so I can start asking PPP questions!!
> > 
> > Thanks for your time and patience,
> > Scott
> > 
> > 
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