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Darren Moore (dm048@svco4.seqeb.gov.au) wrote:
: I read the README file last night and discovered that the letters of 'LILO' 
: that you get before the system hangs can provide diagnostic information.  
: Getting 'LI' means something like "The first stage boot loader was able to 
: load the second stage boot loader, but was unable to execute it."  Apparently 
: this can be caused by a geometry mismatch or by moving the 'boot.b' file 
: without running the map.
: 
: I ran fdisk and looked at the partition information of my DOS partitions.  For 
: both my primary and extended partitions it said that the partition does not 
: end on a sector boundary and tells me what it should expect.  
: 
: Is this a 'Geometry Mismatch' ?
	
	Well, I guess so....

: Could this be causing my problems ?
	
	Indirectly....

: Does this have something to do with using "BIG IDE" drives ?

	Yes.

: How do I rectify the situation ?

Add a couple of lines to the lilo.conf file which passes
the correct geometry to the kernel.  You can (i think!) ignore
fdisk, since it always asks the BIOS for the geometry, rather
than the linux kernel - hence it tends to get confused with big
drives.   

You should add the lines
		
	append = "hd=head,cyl,sec"
	linear

to the top of your lilo.conf file, where you must enter the
correct head, cylinders and sectors for your drive.   i
This process worked for my 1.6G and 540M drives.

: Darren.
 
Adrian.

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