Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1587 mails)

[timson40@xxxxxxxx (Dark_Hour)]

To Jesse: Thanks it worked :)

Jesse McDonnell wrote:

> Did you replace your hard drive/change the mode of addressing your hard
> drive in the BIOS/change the lilo.conf file by any chance?
>
> L_ indicates a disk geometry problem. I got it recently when I installed a
> new 5.7 Maxtor.  I have LILO installed in the MBR. Disabling the "linear"
> option in the YAST setup menu for LILO solved the problem. (If my memory
> serves me right the "linear" option even though it was set active under
> YAST did not appear in the lilo.conf file on my SuSE 5.1 box.)
>
> Please let the list know what fixes the problem for you.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Jesse McDonnell
>
> On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Dark_Hour wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi.. i am wondering why I am getting a L_     when i try to boot using
> > lilo. This has never happened before. I would start up and LILO boot:
> > would show .. but not now. So i can;t boot when Lilo is installed ..
> >
>
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