[LiLo] wont go past "LI"

[-=!ME!=-]

LiLo wont boot my linux, it just displays "LI" ad then hangs

root@spc:/home/elwin > /sbin/lilo -L
gives:


<<
Ignoring entry 'lba32'
Added linux *
Added suse
Added windows
Added memtest86
>>




> /sbin/lilo -v -v -v -L>/boot/lilo.log 2>/boot/lilo.logerr

> cat /boot/lilo.logerrr


<< Ignoring entry 'lba32' > cat >>



> /boot/lilo.log


<<
LILO version 21.6, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Linux Real Mode Interface library Copyright (C) 1998 Josh Vanderhoof
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2000 John Coffman
Released 04-Oct-2000 and compiled at 21:55:07 on May 15 2001.

Reading boot sector from /dev/hdg8
Merging with /boot/boot.b
Device 0x2206: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 4865 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 39086208 sectors.
Secondary loader: 13 sectors.
Device 0x2206: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 4865 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 39086208 sectors.
Mapping message file /boot/message
Device 0x2206: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 4865 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 39086208 sectors.
Message: 270 sectors.
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz
Device 0x2206: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 4865 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 39086208 sectors.
Setup length is 10 sectors.
Mapped 3434 sectors.
Added linux *
<dev=0xb0,hd=84,cyl=124,sct=231>
"ro root=2208 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz"
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz.suse
Device 0x2206: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 4865 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 39086208 sectors.
Setup length is 10 sectors.
Mapped 3434 sectors.
Added suse
<dev=0xb0,hd=84,cyl=124,sct=252>
"ro root=2208 BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz.suse"
Boot other: /dev/hde1, on /dev/hde, loader /boot/chain.b
Device 0x2101: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 2495 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Mapped 6 (4+1+1) sectors.
Added windows
<dev=0xb0,hd=84,cyl=125,sct=78>
"ro"
Boot image: /boot/memtest.bin
Device 0x2206: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 4865 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 39086208 sectors.
Setup length is 4 sectors.
Mapped 268 sectors.
Added memtest86
<dev=0xb0,hd=84,cyl=125,sct=83>
"ro BOOT_FILE=/boot/memtest.bin"
/boot/boot.2208 exists - no backup copy made.
Map file size: 28160 bytes.
Writing boot sector.
>>



> fdisk -l


<<
Disk /dev/hde: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2495 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hde1 * 1 1275 10241406 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hde2 1276 2494 9791617+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hde5 1276 2494 9791586 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)

Disk /dev/hdg: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdg1 2 4865 39070080 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdg5 2 2433 19535008+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hdg6 2434 2436 24066 83 Linux
/dev/hdg7 2437 2502 530113+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdg8 2503 4865 18980766 83 Linux

Disk /dev/hdh: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2480 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdh1 2 2480 19912567+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdh5 2 2480 19912536 b Win95 FAT32
>>



My lilo.conf


<<
boot = /dev/hde1
vga = 771
read-only
menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
lba32
prompt
timeout = 80
message = /boot/message

image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = linux
root = /dev/hdg8

image = /boot/vmlinuz.suse
label = suse
root = /dev/hdg8
optional

other = /dev/hde1
label = windows

image = /boot/memtest.bin
label = memtest86
>>



Why wont lilo work?

vmlinuz and vmlinuz.suse etc are on /dev/hdg6

 

[supersnail2uhm1]

Ideas from the file README.common.problems included with lilo-21.7.5:



<< Second, do you know your disk geometry? This means, do you know the
numbers of cylinders/heads/sectors of all your hard drives; and are these
the numbers that LILO is using when it installs the boot loader. Three
reports of the disk geometry may be obtained:

1. Run 'lilo -t -v5' and check the geometry reports for each device.
2. Run 'lilo -Tgeom' and see if the same numbers are reported. (This
may fail on some systems, where LILO has trouble running BIOS
calls in v86 mode.)
3. Create the diagnostic floppy (see README.disk) and check the
reported disk geometries.

If any of the geometry reports differ, then you may have to specify the
disk geometry to LILO using 'disk= heads= sectors='. Use the actual
numbers reported by the BIOS: #3 above, or #2.

The reports above will also indicate the BIOS device codes used by each
disk. LILO uses heuristics to obtain these device codes, and usually gets
the codes right on all-IDE or all-SCSI systems. However, mixed IDE/SCSI
systems, and SCSI systems on Future Domain controllers, will require you
to tell LILO what disks are assigned to what device codes. This can
be done using 'disk= bios=' lines in 'lilo.conf'. >>