Re: [Sheflug] Boot Problem: LILO or BIOS?

[fred <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Should one be set active with boot manager?

fred

James Wallbank wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've just been installing a DELL Dimension XPS 400 to act as a
> webserver. I've put in two SCSI hard disks and formatted them thus:
>
> /dev/sda5    /       ext2
> /dev/sda6    swap
> /dev/sda7    /usr    ext2
>
> I've used ext2 because I don't quite trust ext3 yet - but I may tune2fs
> and get ext3 running once I feel that everything else is working.
>
> But anyway, here's the interesting bit:
>
> /dev/sda2    RAID1    md0       /var     ext2
> /dev/sda3    RAID1    md1       /home    ext2
> /dev/sdb2    RAID1    md0       /var     ext2
> /dev/sdb3    RAID1    md1       /home    ext2
>
> That's not the problem, anyway - I just thought I'd run this by you to
> see whether there's a better way to set up a RAID array.
>
> Here's the problem: I reboot and simply get the message "Operating
> System Not Found". I guess that the machine is expecting to boot off an
> IDE disk. There is a jumper on the main board marked "SCSI h/d" so I
> closed it and tried again, but with the same disappointing result.
>
> Do you think that this is a LILO issue, a hardware issue, a BIOS issue,
> or what? Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
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