Re: Problems with first time install of Debian 1.3

[sailer@sun10.sep.bnl.gov (Tim Sailer)]

In your email to me, STEVENS, TIM S., you wrote:
> 
> 
> Everything seemed to go smoothly, until I rebooted.....PC hangs when the   
> hard drive is first accessed. The letters
> "LI" appear on the screen, with a blinking cursor after the I. If I boot   
> from the Custom Floppy and not the Rescue/Setup floppy, I get the $   
> prompt.
> 
> I am a new Debian user and would appreciate any assistance, Ideas,   
> comments, suggestions on must have
> Documentation or reading....Thanks

According to the LILO docs, this is a problem with obtaining the
drive geometry. Try editing /etc/lilo.conf, and adding the word
'linear' somewhere in the top part, like right before the line
delay=20

Tim

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