Problems with lilo on a new machine

Paul Larkin larkin at jps.net
Sat Feb 10 12:28:09 PST 2001


I've also heard there's something funny about WD drives of at least a series.
I don't remember much of what I heard, but I think the fix was to get a
software patch from WD.

Christopher White wrote:

> > From: Cameron Tully-Smith [mailto:lpstudy at sonic.net]
>
> > I'm getting "Primary master hard disk fail" when I try to boot off of the
> > hard disk.  The Linux install went fine and the machine's setup is set to
> > use "Auto" (I could manually override and choose LBA, Large or
> > Normal).  The machine boots fine with a boot diskette that was created
> > during the Linux install and I'm able to use the hard disk with no
> problems.
>
> Hi!
>
> I had this happen to me once with Red Hat 7.0 and a WD disk.  Exact same
> symptoms.  The install went fine, but I couldn't boot after the
> installation, except from a floppy disk.  Here's what fixed it for me:  I
> set the jumper on the hard disk to "standalone", not "master".  Those are
> two different things on a WD drive.  I knew that already, but someone else
> had assembled the PC in question.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --Chris
>
> _____________________________________________
> Christopher T. White
> Manager of System Administration
> Content Services Group
> SoftQuad Software, Ltd.
> 1310 Redwood Way, Ste. 120
> Petaluma  CA  94954
> Voice: 707-794-7000 x16
> FAX: 707-794-7009
> http://www.softquad.com




More information about the talk mailing list