Hi, You could try this:
boot up with a dos or windows boot disk that has fdisk on it run this: fdisk /mbr then reboot and start your install over or use a debian rescue disk to boot into the system, and then re-run lilo. HTH, Mike Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I'm trying to set up a machine I just built to run Debian. It installs > fine, > but LILO says it cannot install itself on the hard disk due to an error, > (I > forgot what it says precisely, but it says this is a common problem with > > disks over 500mb.) It suggests making a /boot partition at the start of > the > disk, but I do not understand how to do that. I tried installing it in > the > root partition's boot sector and writing an MBR, but the system can't > find > the OS when I boot with it that way. > > Does anyone know what I should do? > > Thanks, > Deven G. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
