Subj : Re: kernel panic booting problem !
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Thomas D. Shepard
Date : Wed Aug 11 2004 07:34 pm

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:48:14 -0700, wilson.huang wrote:

> I found out what the problem might be.. but not sure how to resolve
> it.
> 
> My mb has 4 controllers, 2 IDE and other 2 for raid stuff. 
> 
> my primary master is mapped in hde
> and my secondary master is mapped in hdg
> 
> linux is mapping hda, hdb, hdc and hdd:
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xa00-0xa007, BIOS
> settings:hda:pio, hdab:pio
> settings:hdc:pio, hdad:pio
> 
> Raid is already disabled by jumpers, and I´ve setted PIO to 0(zero) in
> BIOS. Linux still maps hda, hdb, hdc, hdd as mentioned above.
> 
> When i run /sbin/lilo it adds everything ok:
> * gentoo
> windows
> 
> so I guess the problem might be another stuff..
> 
> anybody any ideas ??
> 
> tks
> Wilson

I don't use lilo any more, having switched to grub. If you boot from a
grub boot floppy you should be able to explore your filesystems manually
and figure out how to boot it. You don't need to remove lilo from your
system to try this. Check out the grub documentation for details.

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Thomas D. Shepard
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