From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16JdGf-0001xM-00 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 11:20:29 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id fBRGJxO00292 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:19:59 -0600 Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:19:59 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: pentium 100 woes. Message-ID: <20011227101959.A282@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from shauno@goanna.net.au on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 08:54:49PM +1100 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On the reboots that Linux doesn't come up, what happens? Greg On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 08:54:49PM +1100, Shaun Oliver wrote: > hi guys, > I just recently aquired a pentium 100 to turn into a linux box. > my problem is however, > I cannot get the machinte to boot first time every time. > would anyone have any idea as to why this is? > just to give a quick background, > I have a 2Gb hard drive as my primary drive which has my root filesystem > mounted on it as well as a 165Mb swap partition. > my /usr/local and /home directories are mounted on my second drive which > is a 4Gb broken up into 3 partitions. > and the 3rd partition on that drive is a fat32 partition. > my question is, would I need to add a line to my lilo.conf to tell my > machine to use lba support or is the problem more serious than that? > I have found that after much swearing and at the very least 10 reboots, I > get linux to come up. > thanks in advance for any help > > > -- > Shaun Oliver > > Marriage is a three ring circus: > engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering. > -- Roger Price > > Email: shauno@goanna.net.au > Icq: 76958435 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup