Re: LI\nLI

[Mike Wood <mikew@oanet.com>]

On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Eric wrote:

> How does one fix the problem of LILO saying:
> 
> LI
> LI
> 
> when it boots and then just hanging there?  It's a pretty standard
> system, /dev/hda1 is a 4 gig partition and /dev/hda2 is swap.  the
> boot block is being installed.
	I believe that this happens when your boot partition is >=1024
cylinders.  I know this is a throwback to the old dos days, and has
something to do with compatability (or lackof in a BIOS).  Use LBA mode
for your hardrive and make sure the boot partition is <=1023 cylinders.  


Mike Wood