At 02:29 PM 1/14/1999 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >Andrew Ivanov wrote: >> >> > If it's not an overlay problem, I don't have a clue. >> >> >> >> Wouldnt it be the problem only when he was trying to boot to an OS >that > is > located >beyong 1024th cylinder? >> >> He's got 2 drives, on primary and secondary IDE's. And drive 1, >> /dev/hda, > holds >Windows, and /dev/hdb, drive 2, holds Linux... >> > >> > >> >I do have such a configuration and for the moment I'm not able to boot >> from /dev/hdb >(Linux). I tried to swap the two disks from BIOS but it >> >doesn't >> >work, probably because the mounted disks are /dev/hdb*. Any idea? >> >> Did you check the jumpersettings at the disks? >> You have to tell a haddisk, whether it's a slave or the primary disk. >> Only primary disks can be bootable. > > This is something I was wondering about (I'm new to PCs and Linux): >BIOS doesn't show any information about master/slave disks. I played >around with the setup but with no result. > > I've got an ASUSTEK P2B-S mothercard with Ultra-2 SCSI contoller (SCSI >storage >controller: Adaptec AIC-7890). (in some postings I saw a formatted >description of the >hardware configuration, is that obtained by a command or from some >file?)
<snip> > Does that explain anything? > >Mamoun >No >The jumpersettings are hardware-settings. Take the harddisk out. Look at >it. Perhaps you can see >some small things, that can be moved. And an explanation to it printed >directly on the harddisk: Slave: one setting: Primary: another setting. >Usually it's easy. >Henning > Wait. Weren't both drives working before you ran LILO? If so, then the master/slave jumper should be okay. Above you say you "do have such a configuration". Do you mean you have an overlay, or do you mean you've "got 2 drives, on primary and secondary IDE's. And drive 1, /dev/hda, > holds >Windows, and /dev/hdb, drive 2, holds Linux..."? If you've got an overlay, LILO wiped it out and it will have to be reinstalled.
