[ale] Newbie install question

[Eric Z. Ayers]

I don't think you can low-level format most IDE drives. If this is
some big mo IDE drive, maybe you just need to add 'linear' to the
/etc/lilo.conf and re-run lilo.

-Eric.

tom at watson.st writes:
 > 
 > You are right. I get 
 > LI
 > and that's it. I have an IBM DHEA 36480 so I went to the IBM site and could
 > not find a low-level format utility there. Is there a generic one that will
 > work? or something else that will work. (I tried several suggestions on the
 > mailist with no luck)...
 > 
 > Tom
 > 
 > 
 > >At 12:39 AM 12/16/99 -0500, Peck Dickens wrote:
 > >>When the boot hangs, does the screen look sort of like this:
 > >>
 > >>LI
 > >>
 > >>or 
 > >>
 > >>LIL
 > >>
 > >>Instead of:
 > >>
 > >>LILO
 > >>
 > >>If it does, the MBR (Master Boot Record) is corrupt. The solution of this
 > >>problem is to boot from a floppy and then to re-install LILO. If this
 > does not
 > >>solve the problem, the only thing I have found that will solve the
 > problem is
 > >>to low level format the drive. In the event your bios will not low level
 > format
 > >>the drive, go to the web page of the manufacturer of the hard drive and they
 > >>should have a format utility program for your drive.
 > >>
 > >>The only other thing it could be is that somehow LILO is not being installed
 > >>onto the MBR.
 > >>
 > >>
 > >> 
 > >>
 > >>
 > >>On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, you wrote:
 > >>> I have installed RH 6.1 about three times on a machine now and everytime I
 > >>> get to the bootloader screen I get a failure whether I pick the master
 > boot
 > >>> record or the first partition. I can get by the failure but then LILO will
 > >>> not start (the boot hangs). The only way I can boot is with a boot disk.
 > >>> That's not terrible but its a pain.
 > >>> Is this a common problem or is there a way to install LILO after the RH
 > 6.1
 > >>> install is finished. I cannot find this problem in the HOWTOs, but if
 > >>> anyone knows where to read about it, please let me know.
 > >>> 
 > >>> Thx in advance,
 > >>> Tom
 > >>> 
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