Suse 8.0 and lilo

[Harry G]

I am going to make the disk first, of course.  (Been there, screwed that up!)

I don't know squat about setting things in my BIOS, except for the "Setup" 
screen when you first boot.  I don't remember ever seeing something like LBA 
in it.

Is the an editor I can use, and how do I load it?  (Forgive me if that is a 
dumb question).

Harry G


On Sat June 8 2002 12:07 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> Well, i see you've already got lba32 in your lilo.conf, as that was
> going to be my first suggestion.  Do you have LBA turned on in the BIOS?
>   You might be safe, or you might not, but if you have a reliable boot
> disk, then it shouldn't matter much.
>
> Harry G wrote:
> > After doing a fresh install of version 8.0 on my dual hard drive dual
> > boot machine, I couldn't boot windows, as it
> > listed it in lilo as /sdb1.  Lilo is in my boot sector on hda, by the
> > way.
> >
> > I changed lilo to:
> >
> >
> >   other  = /dev/hda1
> >   label  = Windows98
> >
> > And saved it.  Ran lilo at the SU prompt, but I get:
> >
> > linux:/home/harrycg # lilo
> > Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
> > head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80
> > Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
> > head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81
> > Added linux *
> > Added failsafe
> > Added Windows98
> > Added memtest86
> > linux:/home/harrycg #
> >
> > I am not sure what the warnings mean.  I am afraid to restart the system
> > until I know what it is telling me.  My complete lilo.conf file is listed
> > below.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Harry G
> >
> >                                      Contents of lilo.conf
> >
> > disk	= /dev/hda
> >   bios	= 0x80
> > disk	= /dev/hdb
> >   bios	= 0x81
> > disk	= /dev/sda
> >   bios	= 0x82
> > disk	= /dev/sdb
> >   bios	= 0x83
> > boot	= /dev/hda
> > change-rules
> > reset
> > read-only
> > menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
> > lba32
> > prompt
> > timeout	= 80
> > message	= /boot/message
> >
> >   image  = /boot/vmlinuz
> >   label  = linux
> >   root   = /dev/hdb3
> >   vga    = 791
> >   initrd = /boot/initrd
> >   append = " hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> >
> >   image  = /boot/vmlinuz.suse
> >   label  = failsafe
> >   root   = /dev/hdb3
> >   vga    = 791
> >   initrd = /boot/initrd.suse
> >   append = "ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off  hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> >   optional
> >
> >   other  = /dev/hda1
> >   label  = Windows98
> >
> >   image  = /boot/memtest.bin
> >   label  = memtest86