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[Peter Makholm <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Lasse Wieslander" <cf_linux@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Men ved genstart skriver den 
> L40 40 40 40 40  .... (bliver ved i en uendelighed)

På den i nærheden (netvis) stående Debianmaskine er der står der
/usr/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz følgende:

[langt nede]
LILO start message
- - - - - - - - -

[...]
   L <error> ...   The first stage boot loader has been loaded and started, 
    but it can't load the second stage boot loader. The two-digit error 
    codes indicate the type of problem. (See also section "Disk error 
    codes".) This condition usually indicates a media failure or a geometry 
    mismatch (e.g. bad disk parameters, see section "Disk geometry"). 

[...]
Disk error codes
- - - - - - - -

If the BIOS signals an error when LILO is trying to load a boot image, the 
respective error code is displayed. The following BIOS error codes are 
known:
[...]
   0x40   "Seek failure". This might be a media problem. Try booting again. 
[...]

Generally, invalid geometry and attempts to use more than two disks without 
a very modern BIOS may yield misleading error codes. Please check carefully 
if /sbin/lilo doesn't emit any warnings. Then try using the LINEAR option 
(see section "Global options").


Ikke at det siger mig ret meget.

-- 
Peter