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LILO 10 doesn't recognize /etc/lilo/disktab

LILO 10 doesn't recognize /etc/lilo/disktab

Post by Ed Ca » Tue, 06 Jul 1993 13:30:41



I just got a new SCSI controller for my system, and decided to try it out.
So, LILO tells me that I need to build /etc/lilo/disktab, so I run dparam.com
from MSDOS and copy the parameters into /etc/lilo/disktab, then rerun lilo.
Doesn't work!

HDIO_REQ not supported for your SCSI controller. Please use /etc/lilo/disktab

Her's what /etc/lilo/disktab looks like:

# /etc/lilo/disktab  -  LILO disk parameter table
#
# This table contains disk parameters for SCSI disks and non-
# standard parameters of IDE disks. Parameters in disktab
# _always_ override auto-detected disk parameters.

# Dev.  BIOS    Secs/   Heads/  Cylin-  Part.
# num.  code    track   cylin.  ders    offset
#                                      (optional)

#0x800  0x80    32      64      202     0       # /dev/sda
0x800   0x80    63      15      113
0x803   0x80    63      15      113

So ... why isn't lilo picking it up??????
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"I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom of cats is infinitely
 superior."      -- Hippolyte Taine  (1828-1893)

 
 
 
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LILO 10 doesn't recognize /etc/lilo/disktab

Post by Ed Ca » Tue, 06 Jul 1993 14:22:41


Update:

I found out what the problem was, after playing with the code and carefully
reading user.tex in the doc/ directory.  It turns out that that partition
offset IS necessary!  Well ... how do I figure this out?  I haven't a
clue...

Here's what my partition table looks like:

Disk /dev/sda: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 1632 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot  Begin   Start     End  Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1         394     394    1795  662445    5  Extended
Partition 1 has different phsyical/logical endings:
     phys=(770,14,63) logical=(1794,14,63)
/dev/sda2   *       1       1     131   61897    6  DOS 16-bit >=32M
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings:
     phys=(0,1,1) logical=(0,0,2)
/dev/sda3         132     132     262   61897+  81  Linux/MINIX
/dev/sda4         263     263     393   61897+   6  DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/sda5         394     394     827  205064+  81  Linux/MINIX
/dev/sda6         828     828    1261  205064+  81  Linux/MINIX
/dev/sda7         238    1262    1296   16537   82  Linux swap
/dev/sda8         273    1297    1795  235777   81  Linux/MINIX
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1. lilo can't find /etc/lilo.conf, even though it's there

Greetings,

I don't know how, but somehow when I try to update lilo and I run
/sbin/lilo, I get the message:
/etc/lilo.conf: No such file or directory

I run 'file /etc/lilo.conf' and it confirms that the file is there and
nothing else is unusual about it.

Running lilo -v only shows the credits to the author then prints that same
message.

Running lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf gives the same message.

I've verified that all files I refer to within lilo.conf are valid.

I've also put "garbage" at the first line of the file and gotten no error,
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Anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

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