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Allen Moy wrote: > I have been running Linux on a Thinkpad 755C (DX2/50) and a > 540 Meg HD on for about a year. > > > I recently purchased a "large" 1.08 gig HD and have installed Linux > on in a small "boot/rescue" partition (/dev/hda2) which lies "below 500", > but I have been unable to get LILO to work. I can of course boot > from floppy. > > It is the case that /sbin/lilo installs lilo, but when I try > to boot with LILO, I get > > LI > > and then the system hangs. One thing to try in cases like this is to add the 'linear' option to the globals section of your lilo.conf. I can't tell you why it might work - i'm not sure i understand what it does, despite the explanation in the user manual - but it may work, nonetheless. Failing this, the user manual (/usr/doc/lilo*/doc/ in some distributions, or search the net if you haven't got it around) does detail how to interpret various lilo behaviors. Eg, getting just LI is supposed to mean: The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a geometry mismatch (e.g. bad disk parameters) or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer. Failing both, you might want to try loadlin from a small dos partition, if you have your machine set up for both dos and linux. I've used it a few times - loadlin seems to be less touchy than lilo, though more kludgy since you're running a kernel from the dos partition... Hope this helps! Ken Manheimer klm@cnri.reston.va.us 703 620-8990 x268 (orporation for National Research |nitiatives # If you appreciate Python, consider joining the PSA! # # <http://www.python.org/psa/>. #