Subject: Re: lilo dilemma
From: Jim Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Fri May 10 2002 - 18:34:09 AKDT
Are you talking about RH 7.0 to all the latest rpms available for it, or
upgrading to a later version of RH?
If you're talking about latest rpms for what you've got, I'd suggest
'autorpm' (www.autorpm.org). If you're talking about 7.3, I'd wait
awhile before attempting to download. I'm shure all the mirrors are
pretty well backed up.
Jim
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 17:16, Chris Hamilton wrote:
>
> Thanks.
>
> The bios is AMIBIOS by megatrends. Their beep code list identifies 1 beep
> as a refresh failure, which they say is a fatal error. The docs say to
> reseat the memory and if that fails try new memory. That seems very strange
> given that I can boot up with a floppy. Although that might explain why
> mandrake wouldn't install at all. My mandrake install ended with an error
> about not enough memory. Duh. Guess I should have paid a little more
> attention eh?
>
> While I'm wasting everyone's time, anyone have some good links for upgrading
> a rh 7.0 box to the latest greatest version?
>
> Chris.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Madden" <pabi@gci.net>
> To: <aklug@aklug.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: lilo dilemma
>
>
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 15:24, Chris Hamilton wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm having a bit of trouble with a fresh rh 7.0 install. I can boot
> into
> > > the system but I need a floppy to do it. I'm pretty lame when it comes
> to
> > > lilo issues. I've read the man pages for lilo and lilo.conf, but am
> still
> > > left using my floppy to boot.
> > >
> > > When I type lilo I get
> > >
> > > Warning: device 0x0306 exceeds cylinder limit
> > > Fatal: geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (20584 > 1023)
> > >
> > > The hard drive is a quantum fireball 15 gig. When I boot up without a
> > > floppy it goes through its memory check, finds the floppy then beeps
> once
> > > and just sits there. I've fiddled with the boot options in the bios,
> but to
> > > no avail. I read that a single beep may indicate a memory problem.
> Could
> > > that be affecting my boot up process. I've got 48 mb in it.
> > >
> > > This isn't a duel boot system. Just red hat.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Chris.
> >
> > afaik, lilo v21.5 'broke' the 1024 cyl barrier. Also I think
> > lilo/geometry issues at least give you a 'L' or 'LI' etc. Of course this
> > doesn't help solve the problem unless the bios version shipped with RH
> > 7.0 is < v 21.5.
> >
> > I found some interesting reading by entering 'beep codes during boot' in
> > Google, I think they are bios specific though.
> > --
> > Greg Madden
> > Precision Air Balance, Inc.
> > email:pabi@gci.net
> > Phone:(907)276-0461 Fax:(907)258-0461
> >
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