RE: LI on bootup (Am I missing something?)

["Smith, Nathan A., Capt." <smithna Comanche plk af mil>]

Well, I really do appreciate you taking the time to respond to my problem.  

Before I post any questions I do as much research as I can on the subject.
I guess I need to do a better job posting what troubleshooting I have done.
As I mentioned in my previous email, I did indeed try adding linear to my
lilo.conf and I did partition the harddrive so that all the boot items were
located within the first 1023 cyclinders.  Looking through the Large Disk
HOWTO and the LILO HOWTO did not reveal any more insights.  

I again thank you for taking the time to respond to my question.

Nathan

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Kramer [SMTP:david kramer ne mediaone net]
> Sent:	Sunday, February 28, 1999 9:29 PM
> To:	redhat-list redhat com
> Subject:	Re: LI on bootup (Am I missing something?)
> 
> "Smith, Nathan A., Capt." wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I posted this question on Friday, it's now late Sunday and I haven't
> heard a
> > peep.  I was wondeirng if I am posting this incorrectly or to the wrong
> list
> > or something.  I have posted other questions, with similar results.  I
> > figure I must be doing something wrong -- Could someone clue me in?
> Thanks
> 
> I don't know the answer, but let me do some research to show you how to
> find out this kind of stuff yourself.
> 
> From /usr/doc/lilo-0.20/README on my system (and on the net) I found:
>    LI   The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage
> boot 
>     loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a 
>     geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map 
>     installer. 
> 
> Searching newsgroups, I found:
> -Try the keyword "linear" in /etc/lilo.conf
> -If you have a LINUX partition on your first harddisk, it is a good idea
> (no, a GREAT idea) to install lilo on the linux partition and then
> change the "active" partition to the partition with lilo on it.
> -
> 
> This was about 10 minutes' work.  It's unfortunate that nobody more
> knowledgeable about LILO answered your question in the course of two
> days, but you could have found out some tips with a quick net search.
> 
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