hi ya
i think you can only boot from hda/b,c,d...
some bios (motherboards) wont let you boot from hde/f/g/h...
- took an hour to figure that out once.. :-)
( 95% waiting for it to go thru its boot sequence )
c ya
alvin
if you're having lilo problems...
#
...
#
lba32
#
# linear -- turn it off
make sure the bios see the right sized disk too
dont bother to go to next step if the bios doesnt see it
correctly
On 8 Apr 2002, Crispin Wellington wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 12:28, Michael West wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 08:26:45PM -0800, web wrote:
> > > I would like to change which controllers my disks are on, but when I do
> > > my
> > > system no longer boots.
> > >
> > > I have three ide drives on hde, hdi, and hdk. My main system is
> > > completely on hdk. I boot into hdk. If I move the other two drives I
> > > can no longer boot into hdk.
>
> What controller are you using to get all these IDE channels? Some
> controllers report the disk geometry wrongly. You may need to set it in
> the lilo.conf when you change. You can create a boot disk that will tell
> you the settings you should use. Have a read of the LILO documentation
> (not the man page).
>
> Sorry I cant be more helpful.
>
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