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fx Fraipont wrote:
> 
> I have just installed SuSE on a friend's computer (IBM UDMA 13gb).
> This is the problem I have: the drive is identified in Linux as hdex,
> linux is on hde5, and lilo refuses to install on the MBR because it
> isn't hda. (Hda is the atapi cdrom on this computer).
> 
> The Hd is partitioned like this 2gb win, 2 gb linux (thus safely under
> the 1024 cylinder limit), 128mb swap, 7gb win, the rest linux..
> 
> Is there a solution other than installing lilo on a floppy, which is
> the only thing i can get to work at the moment. i'm sure ther is...
> 
> fx
> 

If you try and configure LILO via Yast you are right, it WILL NOT
install on hde.
However, if you edit the /etc/lilo.conf file directly, you can get round
this.
Look for the line which says
boot=/dev/hda 
and change it to 
boot=/dev/hde
.
Then save the file and re-run /sbin/lilo and you should be right.


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