Re: HELP! HW problems, no ablitiy to boot
regarding the lilo issue, I'd try install grub onto a
floppy, it's a lot saner than lilo
Patrick.
--- robhr@core.com wrote:
> I had a rather odd problem. I have an all SCSI
> system that includes 2
> disks, 1 burner, and 1 cd-rom. A few days ago, one
> of my HDs stopped
> working. It can't spin up, but is still identified
> by the SCSI Bios
> and by Linux. When I try to boot Linux, it tries to
> spin up the drive
> but since the drive can't spin up it waits forever.
> I can boot to
> windows however. When I remove the drive from the
> chain, I can't boot
> ANYTHING. I get the lilo prompt, and no matter what
> OS i tell it to
> boot, it basically hangs. I can ctrl-alt-del to
> reboot, so it's not a
> hard hand, and the drive light comes on and stays
> on. I have tried
> booting with a rescue disk and only one HD, but when
> it does the
> partition check on the HD, the SCSI bus continually
> timesout and
> resets. I booted with the install CD and am able to
> mount the
> partition, although it takes it an unsually long
> time to do so. I can
> see all my data. I tried to rerun lilo, but all
> that happened was the
> disk light on the chasis would come one. Is there
> any reason why I
> can't boot when the bad HD is removed? Does lilo
> keep track of the HW
> in the machine or something? I didn't think so
> because I have removed
> HDs before without problem. Can anyone help me
> figure out what's
> wrong so I can boot into Linux? Ideally, I'd like
> to be able to
> remove the bad drive from my machine, but at this
> point I'll settle
> for being able to boot Linux. The drive may be
> going, although I
> don't see much indication, and non of my data is
> backed up. Go figure
> this would happen a day or so before I was to do
> that. Any help would
> be GREATLY appreciated. TIA.
>
> Rob
>
>
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