Re: Lilo..

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

"matthew.r.pavlovich.1" wrote:
  >I am getting a quirky bug with lilo.  I have a 4gig Wide SCSI drive that
  >is set to scsi id 0.  I can partition the disk, write to the disk, read,
  >mount it as /, but I cannot boot from it (The boot flag is set on the
  >first primary partition). I have an adaptec 2940UW controller w/ 2.0.33.
  >Lilo runs correctly, and the light flashes on the drive, but at boot it
  >just hangs..not even a 'Li'.  I was wondering if anyone has seen a similar
  >problem with lilo and large drives, or lilo and adaptec 2940's.  Lilo
  >works correctly with another hard drive, that is a 2gig and on the narrow
  >bus.  
  >

Is this relevant? (from lilo docs):

  ([Lilo produces] <nothing>) 
    No part of LILO has been loaded. LILO either isn't installed 
    or the partition on which its boot sector is located isn't active. 
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Oliver Elphick                                Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
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