At 03:09 PM 2/6/01 -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
Peter Howell wrote:
> MBR
>
> L 07 07 07 07 07 .....
>From lilo's manual:
Disk error codes
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If the BIOS signals an error when LILO is trying to load a boot image, the
respective error code is displayed. The following BIOS error codes are
known:
...
0x07 "Invalid initialization". The BIOS failed to properly initialize
the disk controller. You should control the BIOS setup parameters. A
warm boot might help too.
Now I'm a little confused. I ruled out BIOS problems because MBR
was coming up. Presumably, the system is finding the drive and running the
MBR program on the MBR. Is MBR synonymous with the part of LILO put in the
MBR? Could the BIOS successfully find the MBR, but then fail to find the
drive on subsiquent redirection?
On a side note, I went into the bios and altered the boot
order. Now when I boot, it just prints:
LI
and then stops. From what I've been able to find, this has to do
with problems in the mapping of the drive. I edited /etc/lilo.conf and
commented out the LBA switch, since this is only a 260MB drive. I then
ran lilo and rebooted. Unfortunately, that didn't fix it.
Whenever I run lilo I get the warning that hdc is not the first
drive. Could this be my problem? The BIOS allows me to boot off it in DOS.
Peter
