what size hd ? that typically happens if: 1) the root partition is not a primary partition 2) the root partition is not marked as bootable/active 3) the root partition exists beyond the 1024-cylinder marker on the drive.
i thought newer versions of LILO were supposed to compensate for the 1024 cylider problem but i have a mandrake 7 machine(very new) and it does the same gotta boot it from floppy. nate On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Lars Sander-Green wrote: lars_i >I recently installed the most recent version of the Debian base system on an lars_i >old 486 (with a clean system) from floppy disks. Everything seemed to be lars_i >working fine and the base was installed, but when I tried to boot it from lars_i >the HD it returned only the message LI and then froze. I managed to boot lars_i >from the rescue disk and re-installed because I couldn't figure out the lars_i >problem. After the second instalation nothing was improved; in fact, the lars_i >rescue disk now returns LI. I have tried three different disks and numerous lars_i >reformats, but the disk refuses to boot. Althoug I'm not sure, the fact that lars_i >the system claimed my root sector was set to read-only and wouldn't let me lars_i >change it to writeable may have something to do with the no-boot from the lars_i >HD, but it doesn't explain the no-boot from the rescue disk. Any help, lars_i >either to succesfully boot the system or to completely re-install it, would lars_i >be appreciated. lars_i > lars_i >Lars lars_i >______________________________________________________ lars_i >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com lars_i > lars_i > lars_i >-- lars_i >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null lars_i > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 9:39pm up 175 days, 9:54, 2 users, load average: 1.01, 1.03, 1.00
