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by **Ralph de Rij** » Wed, 16 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Dear all,

I installed Red Hat 5.1 to my second IDE HD (1.6GB); I retained
DOS/Win 3.11 on my first HD (also IDE, 850KB in two partitions, LBA-
addressed). This is a 486DX ISA Cyrix, by the way. Both drives are on
one controller (I don't know which one); the CD-ROM's on the other.

The problem is this: LILO, which I installed on the MBR of /dev/hda
(with the Linear option (for LBA-read drives) on), booted Linux
perfectly but returned 07070707070707070 recurring when asked to boot
DOS/Win.

I have since used DOS fdisk /mbr to restore the MBR and DOS/Win loads
again, but I have to use the boot diskette to fire up Linux (it starts
LILO first). But I want LILO to work! It looks like a great applet.

So, what did I do wrong? And can I reinstall LILO properly with having
to reinstall Linux - from X, say? I've read all the HOWTOs and FAQs I
can find but I haven't a clue - I throw myself on your collective
mercy.

Thanks a million you guys!

Ralph de Rijke
Amsterdam

by **Neil Kooze** » Wed, 16 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Quote:> The problem is this: LILO, which I installed on the MBR of /dev/hda
> (with the Linear option (for LBA-read drives) on), booted Linux
> perfectly but returned 07070707070707070 recurring when asked to boot
> DOS/Win.

07 is very unusual. It means "invalid initialization" of the controller
(meaning ... well... hmmm... uh...)

The first thing to sustpect is the dos section of your /etc/lilo.conf file.
See if it looks something like this:

other = /dev/hda1
label = dos
table = /dev/hda

Note the difference between hda and hda1. If there is nothing wrong there,
then my most definitive answer is: well... hmmm... uh... (Anybody else?)

Neil.

by **Andy Lyttl** » Wed, 16 Sep 1998 04:00:00

Quote:>I installed Red Hat 5.1 to my second IDE HD (1.6GB); I retained
>DOS/Win 3.11 on my first HD (also IDE, 850KB in two partitions, LBA-
>addressed). This is a 486DX ISA Cyrix, by the way. Both drives are on
>one controller (I don't know which one); the CD-ROM's on the other.

>The problem is this: LILO, which I installed on the MBR of /dev/hda
>(with the Linear option (for LBA-read drives) on), booted Linux
>perfectly but returned 07070707070707070 recurring when asked to boot
>DOS/Win.

>I have since used DOS fdisk /mbr to restore the MBR and DOS/Win loads
>again, but I have to use the boot diskette to fire up Linux (it starts
>LILO first). But I want LILO to work! It looks like a great applet.

I had the exact same problem! It appears that my copy of LILO is corrupt,
although I don't know why that would be. I installed Slackware 3.5.0 from
downloaded floppies. I can use the setup program to make a simple boot disk
that loads Linux from one particular partition (/dev/hdb1 in my case), but
every time I try to install LILO it displays an L followed by two repeated
numbers (I don't remember if it was 07 or something else, like maybe 01, but
it would fill the screen and start scrolling). Under VirtualPC on a Mac, it
displayed the L and just stopped, without displaying the numbers.

I've tried installing LILO on a couple of hard drives and a floppy or two,
and the same thing always happens.

- Andy Lyttle

http://www.bigfoot.com/~phroggy/

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LILO won't boot old OS... typical newbie woe

LILO won't boot old OS... typical newbie woe

LILO won't boot old OS... typical newbie woe

LILO won't boot old OS... typical newbie woe