lilo

[Walter Dunz]

I had a similar problem with an older version of Mandrake about a year ago. 
Fdisk wouldn't touch it.  I think I ended up having to use Partion Magic to
remove all the partitions and do a new low level format using a low level
format tool from the manufacturer.  

What kind of drive is it?  

I have seen a somewhat similar problem on an old Maxtor drive that turned out
to have a serious hardware problem.  (The head stepper motor was not tracking
properly - I think)  By the time I got the proper diagnostic tools downloaded
and figured out the drive was almost 3 years old - and Maxtor REPLACED it with
with a brand new generic drive UNDER WARRANTEE!!!

Steven Sanders <geigertube at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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