partition help

[imestupbig]

i'm trying to install slackware 7.0
on my old p100

and i get to install everything but we i reboot for the first time i get L0LOLOLOLOLO.......
and i don't even install lilo
even if i use my startup disk i get the same thing

now i checked my partitions and deleted all of them when i veryfied it using fdisk or cfdisk i get something like 62 unalocated
tables and i can't seem to free those
i even tryed to change my cylinder /head and tables to my hd's specs but still gets same errors

anyone have a clue? :confused:

[knute]

Sounds like something on the HDD is not wanting to be erased when you removed the partitions....

There are utilities out there to write zeros to the HDD... It would remove partition tables as well as information on the drive...

I know that gateway has a utility called gwscan that could be downloaded off www.gateway.com (http://www.gateway.com) in their tech support area under Hard Drives I believe...

There are other utilites as well, but can't think of any at the moment.

[slapNUT]

You are probably getting LILILILILI

From the LILO README
LI 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 or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer.

Mine did this till I upgraded LILO.

I don't see how the bootdisk can be doing the same thing though?? You need to make you a new bootdisk.

[imestupbig]

i think it could it be a MBR problem?
would format /mbr clear it up ?

[bdg1983]

That's 'fdisk /mbr' not format /mbr and probably wouldn't help in this situation.