On Sat Feb 24 00:06:54 2001 David Raeker-Jordan wrote... > >> 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. >
Interesting, I notice, that even though I have entered the correct drive geometry in the BISO, whn I can boot (from the floppy) I get a message about ignoring the bad geometry from the BIOS, and indeed the numbers printede there make no sense. Sugestions? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-745-3154 Charleston SC. -- Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. - (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.