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Article #427Re: LI (no LO)!
From: Neil Koozer
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 00:00
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> > > Hmm, I'm fairly new at this Linux thing, in fact I only just installed > it. I > > > first put it onto a Quantum Bigfoot 1.2GB drive (I know I know). It > > > installed fine and booted to the desktop. After a bit of investigation I > > > decided that it was worht persuing a bit further but that the Quantum > was a > > > bit of a liability. > > > > > > I re-installed it onto a 4GB IBM DHEA drive but upon reboot it hangs at > LI. > > > > > > I have repeated the installation twice with the same results both times. > The > > > install on the Quantum drive still works fine if I substitute the > drives. > > > > > > Can anyone tell me what is going on???? If you didn't wipe the 4gb drive and re-partition, there's a chance that your bios is set differently than the machine on which the drive was partitioned. If this is the case, it may or may not be fixed by using a 'linear' line in /etc/lilo.conf, depending on how this particular bios behaves. Neil.
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