lilo

[Steven Sanders]

Do you happen to be using Mandrake? I had that exact
same problem with it when I installed it. I forget
what exactly lead up to the LI <freeze> problem, but I
tried everything I could to get rid of it and nothing
worked. I reformatted the hd several times, using
FDISK, Format, the partitioner that came with mandrake
and some shareware disk formatters. I also tried
reinstalling Linux and then uninstalling LILO. It
basically screwed the drive up so I can no longer use
it as a windows bootable. Made me so frustrated I
wanted to just wrap a 100' extension cord around the
thing and degauss it. :)  So I just bought another
drive and use the messed up one as my linux hd. All I
can figure, (I am no expert, and am probably wrong
here) is that there is some boot sector where the lilo
information is stored that the formats arent touching.

Steven

--- will goodman <hippie91 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> i just finished my 1st install of linux, i installed
> lilo on the 2nd hdd because win2k is on the master
> boot area in a ntfs format.   after i rebooted from
> the install, it comes to the point after the bios
> where it should ask me which os i want (optimally)
> or
> at least just boot into onew or the other and make
> me
> beat my head against the wall.   but it just
> displays
> LI and freezes.   anyone else ever had this problem,
> (of even if you didn't, do you know a fix?)
> 
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