[TriLUG] grub and lilo problem

[William Villalba]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for your prompt reply...Unfortunately, I had tried lilo but it 
does not work...I think the problem is that for some reason linux is 
reading a different geometry versus the one read by the bios. I am also 
suspecting that it has to do with the settings in the setup that is 
causing the problem, but I am not too sure what is it. Since it is a 
relatively new hardware, sometimes they bring settings that far from 
doing one a favor they make things more complicated--specially when it 
comes to a linux environment, since manufacturers always have in mind is 
a windows user...
thanks once again...I will continue battling with it...
Jason Tower wrote:

>i've had problem with grub before, particularly with suse.  try using 
>lilo instead.
>
>jason
>
>On Sunday 18 July 2004 14:58, William Villalba wrote:
>  
>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>I've been trying for the last 4 days to install linux on my  system ,
>>but I am doing something that is preventing grub or lilo to be
>>installed in the mbr. This is the situation: I have two hard drives,
>>a 160 gb and a 80 gb. I used to have the 80 gb for data and the 160
>>gb for the operating systems--windows xp, gentoo, and suse. I decided
>>to swap the 160 for data and the 80 for installing operating systems.
>>I  did the usual:  installed windows then went ahead to install
>>linux. Originally I planned to install SuSe 9.1--a network install,
>>and after finishing, everything seemed to be okay, but grub did not
>>work. I tried to fix grub by using the "rescue" option, invoking
>>"grub", root (hd0,x), and setup (hd0), but didn't work. I tried then
>>to install Mandrake, RedHat, Debian...with the same result. Of
>>course, I checked the bios and changed some settings--from "Enhance"
>>to "legacy", from "auto" to "user", and played around with different
>>possibilities. No luck!
>>Does anyone know what could be the problem? I thought that this was a
>>kernel 2.6 issue, but I guess not because I have tried installations
>>with kernel 2.4, but does not work either.  My system  is a Pentium
>>4, with a Intel motherboard, a  80gb Maxtor drive and a Seagate 160
>>drive--both ide. A while ago I had a similar problem and how I solved
>>it was by installing Linux first, then Windows and later using a
>>knoppix cd to restore grub. However, I am not too sure this is the
>>ideal solution, not to mention that this one have my head
>>spinning...and I can't solve it. Any help I will greatly appreciate
>>it.
>>
>>william
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