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From: whittengetcHOSTNAME Gary Whitten
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:00

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I think this is a disk geometry problem. First, in your CMOS setup,
try the LBA option. If that doesn't help, try the "linearize" option
when you run LILO - it works for me. There is more info in the LILO
HOWTO.

	Gary Whitten
	whitteng@acoast.com
 



Thomas Hartley (tommyh@ecn.net.au) wrote:


: Help !!

: I have just recieved the latest version of RedHat and I'm trying to install
: it onto a Dual Pentium Pro with 128mb of RAM and 2 3.8Gb IDE Hard disks.

: At this point I should probably mention that I have absolutely NO
: Unix/Linux experience.

: The install program seems to work OK, setting up mouse, video, etc. I have
: partitioned the first hard drive into 3 native partitions + 1 Linux swap
: partition ( as per the book that accompanied the CD ).

: All seems to go well ( except the Ethernet card :- a Realtek 8029 PCI full
: duplex card, any suggestions appreciated) when asked about LILO I choose to
: write to the MBR and the restart.

: The machine only gets as far as  * LI * then hangs. 

: What have I done wrong ???


: Thanks,

: Thomas

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