[aclug-L] Re: LI problem...

[Maverick Ieong <mluvw47@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Dale,

    I think I would try the first option, using
loadlin on dos. I certainly appericated your help.
Thanks again.
                     Regards, 
                              Mav
--- Dale W Hodge <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Adding to Jeff Schaller's comments:
> 
> > On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Maverick Ieong wrote:
> >
> > >   I try to to install Redhat 6.2 on a 20G IDE
> drive:
> > >
> > >   Here is the partitions:
> > >   hda1    4G (Primiary) Win32-FAT
> > >          16G (Extended)
> > >   inside 16G it gots
> > >         Rest (logical) linux native  /
> > >
> > >   The redhat linux complete install, we put the
> lilo
> > > on the 4G MBR, and try to bootup and it stops on
> "LI".
> >
> >
> > You ran into this because ...
> >
> >
> > > Luckly I created a boot disk at the end of
> > > installation. So I can boot up using floppy and
> got to
> > > linux. And just re-run the /sbin/lilo, and it
> > > generates
> > >
> > > >...execeed 1024 cyclinder
> >
> > ... of this.  Lilo needs to find the kernel in the
> > first 1024 cylinders.  Stick with the boot floppy
> > you have, unless you want to repartition &
> reinstall.
> 
> Two options here. 1) use loadlin to load the kernel
> from a dos partition.
> 2)Check for a newer version of Lilo.
> 
> Here's what I found at metalab:
> 
> <inserted text>
> 
> LILO version 21 by Werner Almesberger has been
> updated to support booting
> from disks > 1024 cylinders using a new 'lba32'
> option (-L new command line
> switch).  Version 21.5 now adds a menu-driven user
> interface to the Linux
> boot process.  Source code is available for download
> from:
> 
>    ftp://brun.dyndns.org/pub/linux/lilo               
> (developer's site)
> 
> Or from the main distribution site:
> 
>    ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo 
>   (please use)
> 
> 
> The lilo-21.5 release builds upon the stability of
> 21.4.4, and adds new
> code to support the boot menu.  This release is
> fully backward compatible
> with earlier releases.
> 
> See the distribution file 'CHANGES' for details of
> the differences between
> 21.4.4 and 21.5.
> 
> </inserted text>
> 
> You may wish to see if a prepackaged version exists
> for your distribution.
> 
> --dwh
> 
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