Problems with lilo on a new machine

[Christopher White]

> 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

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