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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Marcel Kunath
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