More Mandrake Problems, Please Help!!

[jhollo00]

Ok, the install went fine and the bootloader starts and i pick the linux and the screen goes blank. this is after a full install a the xserver was configured and testing passed fine. I don't know what else to do, please help. no matter which boot, linux, linuxnb?, and failsafe linux doesn't ever boot past LILO. what gives, please help!!!

thanks,

jeff

[jhollo00]

i can boot to cd and then use 'rescue' option, but what do i do from there.???

thanks,

jeff

[bleg26]

Try to repartition your drive. Make a '/boot' partition about 16MB, a 'SWAP' partition about 192MB, and the remaining '/'.

The LILO doesn't like to load unless the partition it is booting from is entirely under the 1024 cylander.

[veletron]

You've obvoisly got lilo running OK... and thats often the major thing.

Where is linux's /boot partition - did you put it on its own in a partition that is completely below 1024 cylinders? Or is it in the main partition?? If the latter, is the main partition contained completely below 1024th cylinder?? If not, and you have a modern version of lilo MDK 7.1 or 7.2, try the following:

Get your box up either with the cd-rom or your boot disk, and edit /etc/lilo.conf. Ensure that you have lba32 on one of the lines at the top.

Try that. Failing that, get back to linux with your floppy again, and as root do /sbin/lilo to re-write lilo to the boot sector (or mbr depends how you set it up). Try again.

If that fails, either use Partition Magic (commercial) to create a 20MB EX2 /boot partition at the start of your disk, or re-install creating separate partitions for /boot / and /home with /boot first (and below 1024th cylinder).

There are other reasons why it may not work, but more info on hardware would be required - no of hard-drives, main board controller or add-in card etc.

Nigel