Re: Install (LILO ?) problems!
> 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?
>
>From /usr/doc/lilo/Manual.txt:
Disk error codes
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If the BIOS signals an error when LILO is trying to load a boot image, the
respective error code is displayed. The following BIOS error codes are
known:
...
0x40 "Seek failure". This might be a media problem. Try booting again.
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David Raeker-Jordan
mailto:rkrjrdn@epix.net
Harrisburg, PA, USA
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