LIL- means you have a corrupt file descriptor table(?), probably caused by a geometry mismatch. Do you have a huge / partition (over 2 gigs)? It's probably caused by the BIOS not using the correct geometry because it's lobotomized to retain compatibility back to 1982. Try 'fix-table' in the global section of /etc/lilo.conf --Andrew On 20 May 2002 20:34:22 +0100 James Wallbank <james [at] lowtech.org> wrote: > Hi Peter, Alex, Fred, Craig (and anyone else who's given this subject > thought!) > > Thanks for all your help. I've now moved the process on a little - but I > still have problems... Here is the short version... (the long version > involves huge quantities of trial and error.) > > (1) I messed around with SCSI ID's (fiddly jumpers, confusingly marked) > and set the bootable disk to ID0, and the non-bootable to ID1. No joy - > still "Operating System Not Found". > > (2) I went into the Advansys setup (Ctrl-A) and used the (VERY cryptic) > interface to explicitly set the bootable disk as ID0. Aha! Now it boots! > > (3) But now I get the error... > LIL- (and it freezes) > But at least I can see the bootable disk now! > > I have had a suggestion (thanks Bert) that now the problem is that the > kernel doesn't include SCSI support compiled in. I *CAN* boot the > machine from a boot floppy (which I made during the install process). > Does that fact confirm this suggestion? > > I've tried reinstalling and reconfiguring LILO - with several different > kernels (supplied by default) but I suspect that this SCSI support issue > is on the right track. > > Do you think my next step is to compile a kernel with SCSI support, or > is there something else (quicker and simpler) that I should check first? > > Cheers, > > James > ===== -- sparc sun4c stuff: http://www.lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk/sparc PGP key for list [at] lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk: http://www.lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk/list.freeserve.co.uk.asc
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