Re: Cannot boot from hard drive
On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Lennox Reid wrote:
: I am a first time user of Linux, and decided it would be nice to use the
: OS to try to save my old 386/33 (to some extent). I downloaded the system
: from the web, made the installation floppies, and seemed to have gotten
: Linux installed okay. However, when I tried to boot from the hard drive,
: it came up with a prompt: "1FA: ". Nothing is echoed to the screen from
: the keyboard, but if I hit ENTER, it comes up with another 1FA: prompt.
:
: It boots fine from the BOOT floppy I made, and sees the info on the hard
: drive. Thinking it was a problem with the HD, I reinstalled DOS and it
: booted fine. Has anyone else run into this or heard of it? How can I fix
: it? It takes a LONG time to boot off of the floppy, and I'd rather not
: have the hassle.
Edit /etc/lilo.conf, and comment out the `compact' line. You may also
have to add the `linear' option. Run lilo and reboot - that works with
most 386s and 486s I've setup.
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Nathan Norman
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