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by **Chris Lace** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Hi,

I am attempting to install LILO to the MBR of my primary slave hard disk
(/dev/hdb) so that I can tell my BIOS to boot from the second IDE hard disk
if I want to use LILO, and from the first IDE disk if I don't.

However, after having installed LILO using lilo -b /dev/hdb , and setting up
the BIOS appropriately, all LILO does is print "LI" and then crash. I have
also tried to install it to /dev/hdb1 and mark this (the linux boot
partition) as bootable in fdisk, but also to no avail.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to get round this problem? The
documentation seems to imply that LILO shouldn't be installed on a second
HDD, because it won't get booted that way, but if you've got a BIOS which
will boot from whichever disk you tell it to, surely this shouldn't be a
problem?

Any suggestions very welcome,

Thanks,

Chris Lacey.

by **Sameer Mora** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

I am having exactly the same problem, so if someone knows a solution, please
let me know.

Thanks

Sam

> Hi,

> I am attempting to install LILO to the MBR of my primary slave hard disk
> (/dev/hdb) so that I can tell my BIOS to boot from the second IDE hard disk
> if I want to use LILO, and from the first IDE disk if I don't.

> However, after having installed LILO using lilo -b /dev/hdb , and setting up
> the BIOS appropriately, all LILO does is print "LI" and then crash. I have
> also tried to install it to /dev/hdb1 and mark this (the linux boot
> partition) as bootable in fdisk, but also to no avail.

> Does anyone have any suggestions as to get round this problem? The
> documentation seems to imply that LILO shouldn't be installed on a second
> HDD, because it won't get booted that way, but if you've got a BIOS which
> will boot from whichever disk you tell it to, surely this shouldn't be a
> problem?

> Any suggestions very welcome,

> Thanks,

> Chris Lacey.

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by **Mark Lewi** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Hmmm. . . I had a similar problem. Something Windows did messed with
the boot sector and killed Lilo-- the result was that I'd get the
dreaded, "LI" and nothing else. I just made a linux boot disk and
reinstalled Lilo, and it was ok. It sounds like your problems are a bit
different than mine, but I suppose this might help.

-- Mark

> I am having exactly the same problem, so if someone knows a solution,
> please let me know.

> Thanks

> Sam

>> Hi,

>> I am attempting to install LILO to the MBR of my primary slave hard
>> disk
>> (/dev/hdb) so that I can tell my BIOS to boot from the second IDE
>> hard disk
>> if I want to use LILO, and from the first IDE disk if I don't.

>> However, after having installed LILO using lilo -b /dev/hdb , and
>> setting up
>> the BIOS appropriately, all LILO does is print "LI" and then crash.
>> I have
>> also tried to install it to /dev/hdb1 and mark this (the linux boot
>> partition) as bootable in fdisk, but also to no avail.

>> Does anyone have any suggestions as to get round this problem? The
>> documentation seems to imply that LILO shouldn't be installed on a
>> second
>> HDD, because it won't get booted that way, but if you've got a BIOS
>> which
>> will boot from whichever disk you tell it to, surely this shouldn't
>> be a
>> problem?

>> Any suggestions very welcome,

>> Thanks,

>> Chris Lacey.

> --
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> Sameer H. Morar
> *s Hall Network Sub-Committee
> Webmaster: http://www.*s.uct.ac.za
> Tel: 021 689 8731/082 424 7323
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