Re: Lilio 01 01 01

[ajlewis2@intac.com]

In linux.debian.user, you wrote:
> I have a problem with Lilo:
> 
> I wanted to make a test installing Lilo on a floppy first.
> But all I get is a screen full of '01 01 01'.
> 
> I have found on the net that many people had this problem
> when trying to boot a partition on the second IDE controller
> from Lilo.  The recommandation is to plug the hd to the first
> controller, which is not an option here.  But there must be
> another solution, I'm sure...
> 
> It seams that also the following contributes (or is) the problem:
> 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
>:-(
> 
> /etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/fd0
> prompt
> delay=110	<= the distinction is not really clear to me
> timeout=120	<= but I have tried both alone and together...
> lba32
> # compact
> vga=normal
> # install=/boot/boot.b
> read-only
> 
> # Debian Woody:
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4
> root=/dev/hdd3
> label=l
> 
> ...
> 
> I have experimented with commenting out and in lba32, compact, and
> install=/boot/boot.b.  It does not make a difference.
> Lilo does *not* prompt and wait for user input but fills the screen
> with '01 01 01' and then hangs...
> 
> (Yes, I *did* run lilo and I *have* tested with another floppy medium)
> 
> Robert Epprecht

Maybe remapping will help.  If not, switch to grub which I'm sure will take
care of it.  I found it more difficult to set up than LILO, but I was used
to LILO.  Then I had this computer that I just couldn't get LILO to work on,
and grub worked.

To remap you add to lilo.conf:

map-drive=0x80
  to=0x83
map-drive=0x83
  to=0x80

What this does as I understand it, is to make hdd appear to be hda and hda
to be hdd.  I've seen folks use this when they have Windows on a drive other
than hda.  They leave it as 'other=/dev/hdd1'; so I infer that you would
leave the image at /dev/hdd3.  It's worth a try since you are doing this on
a floppy.  Very wise move.

The only other thing I can thing of is the use of 'linear' instead of
'lba32'  I've seen that mentioned in the lilo manual.  I don't understand
the difference, but I know that the two are incompatible - if you have
linear you can't have lba32.

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Anita
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