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Re: LILO and large HD (IBM 755c)
> Date sent: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 10:01:00 -0400
> From: moy <moy@math.rutgers.edu>
> To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
> Subject: LILO and large HD (IBM 755c)
> Copies to: moy@math.rutgers.edu
>
>
> 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.
>
> My /etc/lilo.conf file is
>
> ###########################################################################
> # LILO configuration file
> #
> # Start LILO global section
> boot = /dev/hda
> delay = 80
> install = /boot/boot.b
>
> #Stanza for booting on /dev/hda2
> image = /vmlinuz
> label = vmlinuz
> root = /dev/hda2
> vga = normal # force sane state
> read-only
> append = "floppy=thinkpad"
>
> #Stanza for booting dos on /dev/hda1
> other = /dev/hda1
> label = dos
> table = /dev/hda
>
> ###########################################################################
>
> ccording to fdisk, the HD geometry is 2362,15,60
>
> Would anyone know what I need to do to get LILO to work with the
> larger HD?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> - Allen Moy
>
After the "Starting LILO Global Section" line add a line with the one
word "linear" (without the quotes of course). I have had this exact
same problem with several large SCSI drives and the linear keyword
fixes it every time. I think it is related to the idea of logical
block addressing (LBA) but I won't swear to it, I founf this info in
the Large IDE HOWTO if I remember correctly.
Pete
Peter W. Borders
Network Support Technician
Business Division
Tidewater Community College
tcbordp@vbbusnw1.tc.cc.va.us