Linux Mandrake 8.2 Install / boot

[rpg4]

i am trying to install mandrake 8.2 I have partition magic/ boot magic to control my boot. Because of the computer configuration my company order, I have a Compaq 1.8 512mb with a 20 gig IDE primary and a 35 gig SCI secondary using a Ultra 160 card. I have partition linux to run on the secondary drive. I installed 8.2 , selected boot device as /dev/sda7. After I reboot, and select linux, the lilo loader starts and just paints L 04 04 04 .... continually on the screen. Any ideas? because of testing, my primary drive has Win98, Win2000 and Win XP, so it is full.

[Wolfger]

Originally posted by rpg4:
<STRONG>I have partition linux to run on the secondary drive. I installed 8.2 , selected boot device as /dev/sda7. After I reboot, and select linux, the lilo loader starts and just paints L 04 04 04 .... continually on the screen. Any ideas? </STRONG>

I just installed Mandrake 8.2 on my secondary drive too. I have XP on my primary. My selected boot device is /dev/hda1, and I have no problems. I'm not sure why you would choose anything other than hda1, and I have no clue what sda7 even is... (sda???) I would suggest going back through the installation and booting from hda1.

[mdwatts]

Did you install Lilo in the mbr of hda? Maybe post the contents of /etc/lilo.conf so we can have a look.

I did a Google search for the error message and didn't find much except for this.

&gt; &gt;L 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 10 10 10 10 04 10ILO
&gt; [snip]
&gt; &gt; 0x04: sector not found, typically indicating a geometry mismatch
&gt; 0x10: CRC error--LILO's loading map has been put somewhere that
&gt; contains bad blocks. Try re-running LILO to put the map somewhere else
&gt; on the disk.
&gt; &gt; If this happens occasionally, it probably means your hard drive's going
&gt; bad. See about replacing/upgrading it--if it's under warranty, call the
&gt; manufacturer/OEM. If not, well, hard drives are cheap these days.

[rpg4]

sda7 is the partition where I install linux on my scsi drive. I selected it as my boot device becase that is where I wanted lilo to go, not the MBR. I wanted boot magic to control the MBR. I am able to boot linux using the boot disk, not from boot magic. Here is my lilo.conf file

boot=/dev/sda7
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
ignore-table
disk=/dev/hdb bios=0x80
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/sda7
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="quiet devfs=mount"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux-nonfb
root=/dev/sda7
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/sda7
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe devfs=nomount"
read-only
other=/dev/hdb1
label=windows
table=/dev/hdb
other=/dev/hdb2
label=windows2
table=/dev/hdb
other=/dev/hdb3
label=windows3
table=/dev/hdb
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe

[jglen490]

You have lots of references to "hdb" in your lilo.conf file, including disk=/dev/hdb bios=0x80 . If your SCSI is secondary and your IDE drive is prime, I would think the IDE references would be hda vice hdb. The bios line should compensate, but you might want to review your actual hard drive setup.

[mdwatts]

Do a search for

dual boot lilo scsi

at the Caldera Knowledgebase (http://support.caldera.com/caldera) and see if anything there helps. I did notice a couple that may solve your problem.

[slapNUT]

disk=/dev/hdb bios=0x80

According to man lilo.conf you seem to be defining /dev/hdb as your primary Master. But you're not defining your scsi drive which is what I think you need to be doing.
Try adding this right next to the first.
disk=/dev/sda bios=0x81 #I'm not sure about the 81 you might have to change this a few times to get it right.

Remember you must save lilo.conf and run lilo to make the changes work.

[Wolfger]

Originally posted by rpg4:
<STRONG>sda7 is the partition where I install linux on my scsi drive. </STRONG>

Okay. sda = scsi drive, hda = ide drive. Got it. I'm just muddling through, here. Please excuse the dumb questions. I'm RTFM when I have time, but it's quicker/easier to do my learning here. ;)

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by Wolfger:
<STRONG>Okay. sda = scsi drive, hda = ide drive. Got it. I'm just muddling through, here. Please excuse the dumb questions. I'm RTFM when I have time, but it's quicker/easier to do my learning here. ;)</STRONG>

So you would much rather have us do the research and reading for your problem and then post the solution here? :rolleyes:

;)

[rpg4]

Thanks for all the replies. the post from Gama-sector Quadrant 4 with adding the line disk=/dev/sda bios=0x81 to my lilo.conf file fixed my issue.

[Wolfger]

Originally posted by WattsMD:
[QB]So you would much rather have us do the research and reading for your problem and then post the solution here?[QB]

Well when you put it like that, it sounds more like I'm being a slacker... :(

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by Wolfger:
<STRONG>Well when you put it like that, it sounds more like I'm being a slacker... :(</STRONG>

The only way to learn is to try and find the answers to your own problems. At least that is what I do.

After all LNO is made up of newbies trying to help other newbies and we certainly don't know the answer to every problem that is posted here.

At least with myself, I have to search Google to find solutions to many of the problems posted here. It would save us (ME) time if some would take the time to try to find the answer themselves. Kinda makes the person self sufficient instead of having to rely on others for help.

Just remember that LNO is a free service with a lot of good people that volunteer their own time to help out others. The more research you can do on your own, helps both yourself and everyone else here.

Besides being more self sufficient is good training for your future in whatever field you may choose. You won't keep a job very long if you need to ask for help all the time where it is obvious the answers could be found with a little research.

Just my 0.01

[Wolfger]

Originally posted by WattsMD:
<STRONG>The only way to learn is to try and find the answers to your own problems. At least that is what I do.
</STRONG>

Well, for me, part of "try and find the answers" is to ask on LNO. It's not like I bother people with *every* question/problem I have... Y'all would get real sick of me, real quick. ;)

<STRONG>
After all LNO is made up of newbies trying to help other newbies and we certainly don't know the answer to every problem that is posted here.</STRONG>

I realize that. Heck, one of the questions I posted here never got answered by anyone but me. I posted the answer to myself a couple days later when I figured things out on my own.

<STRONG>
At least with myself, I have to search Google to find solutions to many of the problems posted here. It would save us (ME) time if some would take the time to try to find the answer themselves. Kinda makes the person self sufficient instead of having to rely on others for help.</STRONG>

Well I certainly never intended to make anybody do my research for me. This forum is (in my mind) more of a sharing of knowledge than a help desk. If nobody here can answer my questions off the top of their heads, I certainly hope they aren't working hard to find the answers out for me. At the same time, it would be wasteful of *my* time to read book after book and search webpage after webpage for an answer that 20 people here might know backwards and forwards.

<STRONG>Just remember that LNO is a free service with a lot of good people that volunteer their own time to help out others. The more research you can do on your own, helps both yourself and everyone else here.
</STRONG>

Absolutely. And I appreciate immensely the people who post answers here, and I like to help whenever I can and give back to the community.

<STRONG>
Besides being more self sufficient is good training for your future in whatever field you may choose. You won't keep a job very long if you need to ask for help all the time where it is obvious the answers could be found with a little research.</STRONG>

Actually, I've gotten where I am today by asking questions of my coworkers. Eventually, I get through that learning curve...

<STRONG>
Just my 0.01</STRONG>

Here's your change, sir.
:D