Greetings all,
Just thought I'd drop the list a line about the solution. Unfortunately, due to
the exceptional nature of the solution, I doubt it will help many people.
After I heard most of your responses I became convinced that I wasn't dealing with
a simple mis-configuration, and I went on a total hunch ( well, more like a stab or
shot in the dark...) to the ASUS website, trolling for ideas. I read the fix list
for the TX-97E motherboard BIOS ver. 0108 update. In it contained a reference to a
drive detection bug in the previous BIOS ver. 0107 on (you guessed it) a large IBM
drive. I dropped the new BIOS in, and off it went!
I thank all of you who commented on this for your invaluable assistance; it helped
me greatly in evaluating the problem, and was instrumental in sending me packing to
the ASUS site.
Okam's razor sure went dull on this one.
Tim Lewis
Lee Wilson wrote:
> Tim,
>
> I had this same problem a few weeks ago when I was trying to install Linux.
> The LI is NOT LILO being cut off in the middle. It is the BIOS giving some
> cryptic error code. It stands for Logical something-or-other. What it's really
> saying is that you're telling it to boot from the CD-ROM, but the motherboard
> isn't capable of it. Then it is trying to boot from the hard drive, but is
> either not finding one or not finding anything intelligible on it. That's the
> 1's and 0's part.
>
> So, to fix:
>
> 1) take out your CD-ROM from the drive, or set your BIOS to not try to boot from
> CD-ROM and
> use a Linux boot disk instead
> 2) check all your drive cables, they may very well be loose
>
> Hope that helps. It did in my case.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim @ Home <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [expert] LILO hangs at 'LI' on 9GB IDE drive on Mandrake 6.1, but
> works fine on 6.0
>
> >Hoyt,
> >Thanks for the response. i just posted a response to few guys who responded
> >to my posting. Check it out if you can. I am interested in trying this
> >/boot option. However, regarding the boot floppy, the boot disk created
> >during the install also hangs on 'LI', just as the IDE drive does. Linear
> >mode results in a screen full of scrolling '1's and '0's ( at least it
> >doesn't hang at 'LI'!!!)
> >
> >Does this give you any clues. Please let me know if you need more info.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Tim
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Hoyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 3:15 PM
> >Subject: Re: [expert] LILO hangs at 'LI' on 9GB IDE drive on Mandrake 6.1,
> >but works fine on 6.0
> >
> >
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 8:46 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [expert] LILO hangs at 'LI' on 9GB IDE drive on Mandrake 6.1,
> >>but works fine on 6.0
> >>
> >>
> >>> Tim @ Home wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > Folks,
> >>> > Can anyone illuminate this one? I have tried all kinds of parameters
> >>for
> >>> > lilo to no avail. I am quite stuck.
> >>>
> >>> Two things: (1) did you rerun LILO after installing 6.1? (2) is the
> >>> kernel below 1024 cylinders?
> >>>
> >>
> >>If you have a very large disk, the disk translation can place the kernel
> >>above the 1024 cylinder limit of lilo, giving this problem.
> >>
> >>One solution is to create a 10MB partition at the beginning of the drive
> >and
> >>make it /boot.
> >>
> >>Can you boot from the boot disk? Using the linear option?
> >>
> >>If you can boot from the boot disk:
> >>
> >>After you log in,
> >>
> >>chroot /
> >>
> >>Then,
> >>
> >>lilo
> >>
> >>Lilo might barf and give you a useful error message.
> >>
> >>(I just now did this on a botched Mandrake 5.3 install on a 386.)
> >>
> >>Try to boot again if lilo runs successfully.
> >>
> >>
> >>Does anyone know if the chos program in 6.1 gets around this? Any other
> >>practical methods of booting other than lilo?
> >>
> >>
> >>Have fun,
> >>Hoyt.
> >>
> >>
> >
