From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Valiquette Subject: Re: lilo boot problems with SATA and mandrake 10.1 Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:08:08 -0500 Message-ID: <41C20748.9080605@ieee.org> References: <1103190044.7183.12.camel@itanium> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-reply-to: <1103190044.7183.12.camel@itanium> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: vrodriguez@municipiodeloja.gov.ec Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Vladimir E. Rodriguez a =E9crit : > Hello! >=20 > Please, someone could help me with the following problem: >=20 > I have a system with the following specifications: > Intel 865G Chipset > SATA Maxtor 120GB > P4 2.8 Ghz >=20 > When I trying to install Mandrake 10.1 on it, it intalls it normally, > but when I boot I have only "L" letter instead Lilo Boot Menu, I trie= d > GRUB Bootloader, and get "G" letter instead GRUB Boot Menu >=20 I would have expected to see a number just after the "L", likes L 01= =20 01 01 01 01 Maybe lilo installed itself at the starting of the partition instead= =20 of at the starting of the disk, and you see the Lilo from the old Redha= t=20 installation, or something related. In such case you have to ajust the= =20 lilo file (/etc/lilo.conf) to be sure it install itself directly in the= =20 boot sector and check the files at the good place, and then type=20 /usr/sbin/lilo -v Without seeing your lilo file, it is difficult to help more. Perhap= s=20 you can find your problem by reading this document: http://user.fundy.net/cyclist/linux/troubleshoot-LILO.html Simon Valiquette http://www.gulus.org > Also I have windows XP on this system to dual boot. > After I have installed Fedora Core 3, It works normally, but with > mandrake 10.1 official I have problems to boot. >=20 > Please anybody have experience with this thing? >=20 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie"= in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs