[ale] Re: [nylug-talk] Won't Install Anymore. :-(

[Douglas Bridges]

The problem of "LI" is usually because your kernel is outside the 1024
cylinder limit. You need to install a newer version of LILO to boot up when
you use a large harddrive. You can also use grub, which is another
bootloader. Personally, I use Mandrake 7.1 which comes with both the newer
LILO and grub, and I have had no problems.

Doug Bridges
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judd Maltin" <juddm at maltin.org>
To: ale at ale.org
Cc: <nylug-talk at nylug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 5:19 PM
Subject: [nylug-talk] Won't Install Anymore. :-(


> Hi Folks,
>
> I've got an HP OMNIBOOK 6000.  Three months ago I installed RH6.2 just
fine, albeit without
> sound, network or modem, due to hardware non-support.
>
> Well, I'm giving it another go today, after 3 months in Windows Land, an
improved user page
> (http://www.math.psu.edu/dna/omnibook6000-linux.html), and I've had a run
of bad luck.
>
> Seems I get thru installing 6.2 (off the same CD) OK, but on reboot I get
only the first two
> letters of LILO  (LI) and the machine freezes.  I can CTRL-ALT-DEL to get
out of it, sure,
> but nothing else moves.  To get back to Winders I have to boot from a
floppy and do "fdisk
> /mbr"  What gives?
>
> My partitions look like this:
> /dev/hda1  - FAT32 win98  C: - 5 gig
> /dev/hda2  - Linux native  RH6.2  /  - 4.5 gig
> /dev/hda3  - Linux swap  .5 gig
>
> Only change to hardware is a BIOS update from HP.  But Windows is workin'
fine.
>
> Help.....  :-(  Harrumph.
> Judd Maltin
>
>
>
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