LILO

Marcel Kunath kunathma@pilot.msu.edu
Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:25:22 -0400 (EDT)


I saw the news about this graphical boot loader. Might want to try that.

www.xosl.org

 >
> Hello all,
>
> I'm a linux newbie and just got myself setup with Linux-Mandrake 7.0.  I
> can only boot the system from a floppy becuause I can't seem to get LILO
> installed properly.
>
> Here is my setup:
>
> [root@spitzcor lilo-21.4.2]# fdisk -l /dev/hda
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3322 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *         1       831   6674976    b  Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda2           832      3322  20008957+   f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/hda5           832      1661   6666943+   b  Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda6          1662      2491   6666943+   b  Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda7          2492      2875   3084448+   b  Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda8   *      2876      3306   3461976   83  Linux
> /dev/hda9          3307      3322    128488+  82  Linux swap
>
>
> The /dev/hda8 I just made active with linux fdisk.  But I'm still not
> able to install LILO ok.  I downloaded the latest (I think) because it
> is supposed to have support for disks with greater that 1024 cylinders.
> I'm using the ./QuickInst script, and it reports this error:
>
> Test LILO installation now ? [yes]
>
> Warning: device 0x0308 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> Fatal: geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (3057 > 1023)
>
> Something went wrong. Verify your input and try to minimize the
> complexity of
> the settings, e.g. by omitting additional kernels and operating systems.
>
>
> I am trying to install lilo to /dev/hda8, but it says that this is an
> invalid partition.  Probably because it's a logical partition in the
> extended partition  (/dev/hda2).  So, I try to install to /dev/hda and
> it gives the above error.
>
> I have noticed that fdisk and lilo report the number of cylinders
> differently (3057 vs. 3322).  This might be a problem.
>
>
> Thanks for the help!!!
> -Cory Spitz
>
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