Re: Install (LILO ?) problems!
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 09:34:24PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote:
> On Fri Feb 23 18:57:36 2001 ktb wrote...
> >
> >On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 05:42:13PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote:
> >> I am trying to install "stable" On an HP Vectra P200, with a 20G IDE disk.
> >>
> >> All of the install goes well, untill I reboot. Then, I get a continuois stream of
> >> "40 ";s streaming across teh screen while the hard disk ling _and_ the floppy light
> >> flash!
> >>
> >> I can boot from the boot floppy OK.
> >>
> >> I set up a 20M /boot parttion as the first partition on the only hard disk.
> >>
> >> How can I fix this?
> >>
> >> BTW, the BIOS thinks this is onl an 8G disk, which may be part of the problem?
> >>
> >
> >You might be able to upgrade your bios in order to see all 20G's.
> >
> >Have you tried installing lilo yet? You need to set up /etc/lilo.conf
> >and then run -
> ># /sbin/lilo
>
> This seems to have been done by the installer. I booted from the floppy, looked
> at /etc/lilo.conf (which had all teh correct setings for my confg as dar as I
> can tell), and ran lilo just on general principles.
>
> I alos watched the boot messages, and went back and set the corrrect disk
> paramters in the BIOS by hand (39813/16/63).
>
> If I try to boot from the hard didk, I get the following:
>
> L 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ............ and it continures till i hit the power
> swithc.
>
> More sugestions?
Post the output of -
# rdev
and your /etc/lilo.conf
Any error messages when you run /sbin/lilo?
kent
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