> As you notice the number of cylinders are shown to be 8693, too large to > make lilo work. Obviously I failed to make the machine boot linux, except > through a boot floppy. Otherwise there are no problems during running.
Do take a look at the loadlin package if you want to stop using a boot floppy. It'll boot from, say, the ShutDown MSDOS prompt. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.