Re: Problems Shutting Down Linux

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From: Torkell Tagseth
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:00

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On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:24:07, Bill Tourloupis <vasilios@eisa.net.au> wrote:

> 1. I am unable to boot linux off the primary root partition.
> I have installed LILO on the primary root partition, and have flagged
> this partition as bootable, however, for some reason I am unable to boot
> linux  off it.  Whenever I do, I get "LI" being displayed, which suggests 
> that LILO does not to recognise the disk geometry of the hard drive. 
> No matter what I do to resolve the problem, I am still getting the same 
> result.

I had the same problem when I first installed lilo. 'lilo -l' (or adding 
'linear' in /etc/lilo.conf) fixed it.

Hope that helps,
-- 
Torkell
icq #43970757
aim: tonrmas

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From: torkellt@start.no (Torkell Tagseth)
Subject: Re: Problems Shutting Down Linux
Date: 2000/03/26
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