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Re: Unidentified subject!



On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 04:58:33AM +0000, Lars Sander-Green wrote:
> I installed the latest version of the base Debian system on an old 486 today 
> (clean system). The installation seemed to work fine, but when I tried to 
> boot from the hard disk, the letters LI appeared and the system froze. I 
[...]
>From file:/usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz:

LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot 
 loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a 
 geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map 
 installer. 

The map installer is the lilo command you run under linux.
The description of the 1024-cylinder problem is also in
that documentation file.

Johan Ur Riise


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