[plug] LILO

[John Knight]

This is all I'd ever get from LILO on my 133 box, eventually I thought 
"stuff it!" and used a bootdisk. If you wanted you could stick on Mandrake 
and put on grub (of which I've never had a problem with), although I can't 
see a Debian user putting Mdk on.

I certainly would agree with the 1024 cylinder limit theory though, I've had 
nought but trouble when I've got my partition(s) exceeding it.

>
>hmm this never used to happen
>and its only a 800mb hard drive
>At 07:25 PM 23/07/01 +0800, you wrote:
>>i've had this b4 on old bioses. its caused by your boot or / partition 
>>being
>>above the 1024 cylinder. you will need to creat a /boot partition below 
>>the
>>1024 cylinder.
>>rgds
>>alan howard
>>
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 22:48, Lathiat wrote:
>> > LILO really annoys me, it never works right damnit
>> >
>> > Atm on my box i built the otherday (a 486 mess around machine) it goes 
>>LI
>> > 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 
>>40
>> > 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 
>>(etc.
>> > etc...)
>> >
>> > Any ideas? Ive reinstalled LILO but the same, im having to use a boot 
>>disk
>> > atm
>> >
>> > Im using Debiab2.2r2potato
>> >
>> > Oh and I thoroughly recommend APC Linux procketbook & sequel for 
>>newbies
>> > (it also gets ur RH7,Mandrake7 and Debian2.2r2 for $40 and updats plus 
>>a
>> > good guide including your own kernels and stuff
>
>


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