Re: LILO on the second disk loaded by GRUB

[Dai Yuwen <yuwen@micetek.com.cn>]

Shyamal Prasad wrote:

>     "Dai" == Dai Yuwen  writes:
>
>     Dai> It seems GRUB had found lilo on /dev/hdd7.  But error message
>     Dai> was displayed: L 01 01 ...
>
> Please read the docs in /usr/share/doc/lilo.
>
> >From Manual.txt.gz
>
>   L  ...   The first stage boot loader has been loaded and started,
>     but it can't load the second stage boot loader. The two-digit error
>     codes indicate the type of problem. (See also section "Disk error
>     codes".) This condition usually indicates a media failure or a geometry
>     mismatch (e.g. bad disk parameters, see section "Disk geometry").
>
>
>    0x01   "Illegal command". This shouldn't happen, but if it does, it may
>     indicate an attempt to access a disk which is not supported by the
>     BIOS. See also "Warning: BIOS drive 0x may not be accessible"
>     in section "Warnings".
>
> The file README.common.problems has a few good hints to.
> Cheers!
> Shyamal
Yes.  I've read the manual.txt.gz.  But I have no idea how to transfer lilo 
the correct disk geometry.  Originally this is my situation:
1. There's one hard disk in my PC.
2. A lilo located in MBR can load the lilo on /dev/hda7.

best regards,
Dai Yuwen