> This seems to have been done by the installer. I booted from the > floppy, looked > at /etc/lilo.conf (which had all teh correct setings for my confg as > dar as I > can tell), and ran lilo just on general principles. > > I alos watched the boot messages, and went back and set the corrrect > disk > paramters in the BIOS by hand (39813/16/63). > > If I try to boot from the hard didk, I get the following: > > L 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 ............ and it continures till i hit the > power > swithc. > > More sugestions? >
>From /usr/doc/lilo/Manual.txt: Disk error codes - - - - - - - - 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: ... 0x40 "Seek failure". This might be a media problem. Try booting again. -- David Raeker-Jordan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Harrisburg, PA, USA