Re: Megatrends Bootable ?

["Andrew B. Cramer" <andrew.cramer@cramer-ts.com>]

Thanks Paul, did that first. Low-leveled the drive. Tried all the 
normal things, but no luck. I do have a current mirror of the HOWTO's 
and will have a look.

On 16 Mar 2003 at 22:04, p niemandt wrote:

> hiya:
> 
> Just FYI: I used to get this problem, {of 40's flooding the screen when
> trying to install), when I tried to install Linux (RedHat, in my case),
> on a hard drive with a previous FAT32 partition: Can't remember the
> exact cause or solution, but it basically came down to the MBR (Master
> Boot Record) of the disk that was screwed. 
> 
> What you can try, and this might be a dangerous route to follow, is just
> to update your mbr, {in DOS, I did this using fdisk /mbr: This clears
> the mbr, but does not damage any partition information.) Maybe do some
> google on it.
> 
> I haven't had the problem in ages: but if I remember correctly it
> usually was when I tried to install Linux on a partition which had the
> FAT32/16 on, not when the FAT32 was on another partition.)
> 
> hope this helps, or gives some direction.
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 21:47, The ServSwitch wrote:
> > 	Is your scsi board made by american megatrends? I cannot find any
> > specifications about it. Do me a favor execute a /sbin/lspci and cut and
> > paste the result please. Do you know how scsi driver linux are using in
> > your system to control that scsi board?
> > 
> > On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 18:24, Andrew B. Cramer wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 	Thanks. #lilo and # lilo comes back without anything. It's a 928 
> > > controler with a Seagate 73gig ultra/wide drive. I am able to get, 
> > > and I'm afraid to say it, but Dos-6.22, Win95, Win98, WinNT, and 
> > > Win2000. It boots fine with those. I wonder if Linux is seeing the 
> > > drive as a striped single unit?
> > > 
> > > On 16 Mar 2003 at 18:08, The ServSwitch wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 	Humm... Your lilo.conf is great. So the problem could be when lilo
> > > > writes informations at mbr. What is the model of your megatrends
> > > > controler? What is the model of your hard drive? Have you tried boot
> > > > with a floppy disk and execute "# lilo" as root? A error message could
> > > > show the problem.
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 15:13, Andrew B. Cramer wrote:
> > > > > HI ServSwitch,
> > > > > 	Here is my lilo.conf
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks - Andrew
> > > > > 
> > > > > # LILO configuration file
> > > > > # generated by 'liloconfig'
> > > > > #
> > > > > # Start LILO global section
> > > > > boot = /dev/sda
> > > > > message = /boot/boot_message.txt
> > > > > prompt
> > > > > timeout = 1200
> > > > > # Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
> > > > > change-rules
> > > > >   reset
> > > > > # Normal VGA console
> > > > > vga = normal
> > > > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
> > > > > # vga=791
> > > > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
> > > > > # vga=790
> > > > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
> > > > > # vga=773
> > > > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
> > > > > # vga=788
> > > > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
> > > > > # vga=787
> > > > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
> > > > > # vga=771
> > > > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
> > > > > # vga=785
> > > > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
> > > > > # vga=784
> > > > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
> > > > > # vga=769
> > > > > # End LILO global section
> > > > > # Linux bootable partition config begins
> > > > > image = /boot/vmlinuz
> > > > >   root = /dev/sda1
> > > > >   label = Linux
> > > > >   read-only
> > > > > # Linux bootable partition config ends
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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