Re: Can not Install LILO on the MBR

["dony" <dony.he@huawei.com>]

Try Redhat 7.0.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennings, Richard R" <Richard.Jennings@MW.Boeing.com>
To: <rtl@rtlinux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:15 PM
Subject: FW: Can not Install LILO on the MBR


> Oops,
> Forgot to CC the rtlinux list.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jennings, Richard R 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 7:13 AM
> To: 'Mukaila olundegun'
> Subject: RE: Can not Install LILO on the MBR
> 
> 
> Hi Mukaila,
> Sorry to bring you the bad news, but you cannot boot from a RAID array.
> We have a six disk array and had to configure one OUT of the array to
> boot RH 6.2.  The other method is use a boot floppy (quite slow) or
> another disk that will show up BEFORE the RAID array.  We tried
> using another disk to boot from but we could not get disk to show
> up BEFORE the RAID controller.  We have the Adaptec 2940UW 
> and Megaraid RAID controller combination.
> 
> If I'm wrong here, someone please correct me.  I would be happy
> to be able to boot from our RAID array.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> Rich
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Richard R. Jennings
> Embedded Software Engineer - The Boeing Company
> Flight Simulation Technology / Advanced Avionics Center - St. Louis
> Computational & Image Generation Group
> (314)234-0460  FAX (314)232-7972
> richard.r.jennings@boeing.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mukaila olundegun [mailto:muki@mukky.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:25 PM
> To: RTLinux mailing list
> Subject: Can not Install LILO on the MBR
> 
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> 
> On my box I have the following spec.
> 
> 2* 81GByte HDD (configured for RAID1 mirroring)
> 1 DVD (IDE)
> 1 CDROM
> 2*800MHzPENTIUM III CPU (Linux detect both and built linux.smp and linux-up)
> Motherboard RIOWORKS has onboard RAID controller but not used.
> Linux Distribution RedHart ver 6.2
> Disk partition: Root(/) Boot(/boot) home(/home)..etc. All with Raid1
> configuration except swap disk.
> 
> My problem is I can not install LILO on the MBR. It turns gray and can not
> be selected during insation. When I restart I have only "LI" display and the
> system stops.
> 
> My question is, is there a limit for the HDD (81GB) that is preventing the
> installation? Or have I missed something somewhere?
> 
> I made a boot disk (floppy disk) which I am using currently. I have no
> problem with the boot disk nor the system itself.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated
> 
> Mukaila