In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > I have a problem with Lilo: > > I wanted to make a test installing Lilo on a floppy first. > But all I get is a screen full of '01 01 01'. > > I have found on the net that many people had this problem > when trying to boot a partition on the second IDE controller > from Lilo. The recommandation is to plug the hd to the first > controller, which is not an option here. But there must be > another solution, I'm sure... > > It seams that also the following contributes (or is) the problem: > 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] >:-( > > /etc/lilo.conf > boot=/dev/fd0 > prompt > delay=110 <= the distinction is not really clear to me > timeout=120 <= but I have tried both alone and together... > lba32 > # compact > vga=normal > # install=/boot/boot.b > read-only > > # Debian Woody: > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 > root=/dev/hdd3 > label=l > > ... > > I have experimented with commenting out and in lba32, compact, and > install=/boot/boot.b. It does not make a difference. > Lilo does *not* prompt and wait for user input but fills the screen > with '01 01 01' and then hangs... > > (Yes, I *did* run lilo and I *have* tested with another floppy medium) > > Robert Epprecht
Maybe remapping will help. If not, switch to grub which I'm sure will take care of it. I found it more difficult to set up than LILO, but I was used to LILO. Then I had this computer that I just couldn't get LILO to work on, and grub worked. To remap you add to lilo.conf: map-drive=0x80 to=0x83 map-drive=0x83 to=0x80 What this does as I understand it, is to make hdd appear to be hda and hda to be hdd. I've seen folks use this when they have Windows on a drive other than hda. They leave it as 'other=/dev/hdd1'; so I infer that you would leave the image at /dev/hdd3. It's worth a try since you are doing this on a floppy. Very wise move. The only other thing I can thing of is the use of 'linear' instead of 'lba32' I've seen that mentioned in the lilo manual. I don't understand the difference, but I know that the two are incompatible - if you have linear you can't have lba32. -- Anita GnuPG key: 1024D/9EDAC910 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
