lilo problem...
Nathan England
plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:56:22 +0100
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C13174.B24F8DD0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I bought a 18gb IBM Travelstar hd for my laptop. I installed the hdd, =
and had to patch the bios to see more than 5gb, no biggy. Everything =
looks fine.
I setup the partitions like so:
/dev/hda1 reiserfs 3500m
/dev/hda2 swap 128m
/dev/hda3 reiserfs 13,+ gb
Slack installed lilo into the MBR like I told it and didn't complain.
Everything went smooth as always, till I rebooted.
It only gave me an L, then repeated 40 40 40 40 40 40 40=20
I booted using my boot disk, uninstalled lilo, then reinstalled and =
tried using lba32.
Didn't work, I tried linear, didn't work.
I have not tried puting in the c/h/s yet, I didn't think of that till =
just now, but anyway...
Tried everything and it wouldn't work. So I searched through some old =
boxes and (amazingly!) managed to find an old dos boot disk. I ran =
fdisk/mbr fdisk /mbr (both) about 10 times in a row.
Then rebooted. I just left it alone so I could see if it would give me =
an error saying it couldn't find dos and sure enough.. Missing =
Operating System...
Now this morning I did a quick google search and found two sites. One, =
in swedish, does me no good, as my friend the fish =
(babelfish.altavista.com) doesn't speak swede.
The other was english and it said that the L is the first stage loader, =
good I knew that, second the 40 was an error code... According to the =
lilo docs it's a seek error.. Turn off the hard drive and wait a minute =
and try again, if it still does it there is something physically wrong =
with the drive..
So why the hell does it work in dos?? I don't have a copy of dos or =
windows to install on this laptop just to test, but logic shows if it =
says Missing Operating System it would find the dos partition if it =
existed..? am I nuts?
Any clues? Before I swap this drive for another.. or try the CHS thing, =
I really don't want to pull this drive out, I have to take the whole =
friggin' laptop apart.. It's a 560E Thinkpad.
Thanks guys.
nathan
------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C13174.B24F8DD0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I bought a 18gb IBM Travelstar hd for =
my laptop. I=20
installed the hdd, and had to patch the bios to see more than 5gb, no=20
biggy. Everything looks fine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I setup the partitions like =
so:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>/dev/hda1 =20
reiserfs 3500m</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>/dev/hda2 =
swap =20
128m</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>/dev/hda3 =20
reiserfs 13,+ gb</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Slack installed lilo into the MBR like =
I told it=20
and didn't complain.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Everything went smooth as always, till =
I=20
rebooted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It only gave me an L, then repeated 40 =
40 40 40 40=20
40 40 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I booted using my boot disk, =
uninstalled lilo, then=20
reinstalled and tried using lba32.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Didn't work, I tried linear, didn't=20
work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have not tried puting in the c/h/s =
yet, I didn't=20
think of that till just now, but anyway...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tried everything and it wouldn't =
work. So I=20
searched through some old boxes and (amazingly!) managed to find an old =
dos boot=20
disk. I ran fdisk/mbr fdisk /mbr (both) about 10 times in a=20
row.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Then rebooted. I just left it =
alone so I=20
could see if it would give me an error saying it couldn't find dos and =
sure=20
enough.. Missing Operating System...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now this morning I did a quick google =
search and=20
found two sites. One, in swedish, does me no good, as my friend =
the fish=20
(babelfish.altavista.com) doesn't speak swede.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The other was english and it said that =
the L is the=20
first stage loader, good I knew that, second the 40 was an error =
code... =20
According to the lilo docs it's a seek error.. Turn off the hard drive =
and wait=20
a minute and try again, if it still does it there is something =
physically wrong=20
with the drive..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So why the hell does it work in dos?? I =
don't have=20
a copy of dos or windows to install on this laptop just to test, but =
logic shows=20
if it says Missing Operating System it would find the dos partition if =
it=20
existed..? am I nuts?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Any clues? Before I swap this =
drive for=20
another.. or try the CHS thing, I really don't want to pull this drive =
out, I=20
have to take the whole friggin' laptop apart.. It's a 560E=20
Thinkpad.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks guys.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>nathan</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_0020_01C13174.B24F8DD0--