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David Jenkins wrote in <Yy6P4.5473$PL4.189411@ozemail.com.au>:
> 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????

Did you install LILO to the Master Boot Record? LI happened to me once
when I installed LILO to the Boot Sector of the root partition (I did
a reinstall to cure it).

-- 
Ned   ++++++   Democracy means "the people rule".
To reply, cut out my nose and make the met a net.

I just followed the default prompts of the install. In fact I did this twice
because of the problem occuring the first time.

How do I install LILO to the MBR??


"Ned Latham" <nenosed@apex.met.au> wrote in message
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> David Jenkins wrote in <Yy6P4.5473$PL4.189411@ozemail.com.au>:
> > 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????
>
> Did you install LILO to the Master Boot Record? LI happened to me once
> when I installed LILO to the Boot Sector of the root partition (I did
> a reinstall to cure it).
>
> --
> Ned   ++++++   Democracy means "the people rule".
> To reply, cut out my nose and make the met a net.

> > > 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.