In article <1993Jun9.152958.16073@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rhood@nyx.cs.du.edu (Bob Hood) writes:
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>I grabbed the SLS package (version unknown) from ftp.uu.net this past
>weekend, and overwrote my .97 version (August 92, I believe) with it.
>
>It appears to have a new method of installation.  According to the README
>file in the directory, I need to boot from the A1 disk.  I have done this,
>using both the 5.25" and 3.5" versions of the A1 disk, and I can't even
>seem to get past the first message.
>
>When I boot from A1 (either disk format), I receive the follow message on
>the screen:
>
>       LILO Loading ramdisk
>       Error 0x04
>       Loading ramdisk
>       Error 0x04
>       Loading ramdisk
>       Error 0x04
>       ...
>
>This message just keeps repeating over and over.  As I've said, I get this
>message with both A1.3 and A1.5 images.

I have the exact same problem, but I did more investigation and still
came up empty.

After receiving the endless "Error 0x04" messages, I consulted the LILO
FAQ which mentioned that it was a problem with the BIOS and that I
should remove the "COMPACT" option from the LILO config file. Ok. So how
do I do that if I can't even boot?

Luckily, I have a notebook which will happily boot from the disk. Once
I did that, I removed the COMPACT from the config and typed install to
reinstall the LILO stuff back onto /dev/fd0. This gives me an error:
"Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0x0101" !!! Glancing at the
LILO manual, it tells me I need to put an entry in the disktab file for
this device. Why isn't fd0 already there? I copied over the commented
sample for fd1 and changed everything for fd0.

Typed install again, and it appeared to work. So now I try to boot this
newly configured LILO on the other machine it failed on previously. This
time I only get as far as LIL- and it dies. The manual says this is a
corrupted description table (??). I try to reboot this disk on the
notebook and it failed likewise.

Please note that the boot disk can easily be mounted and used on both
machines with older versions of Linux. I don't know why LILO is having
so much trouble with the disk geometry.

Any LILO gurus know how I can get past the "Error 0x04" and "Sorry,..."
error messages?

Hardware: nonbooting machine = 486DX generic, 3.5" drive, 8MB RAM
          booting notebook = 386SX Compudyne, 4MB RAM

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>Bob Hood   thor@arrakis.denver.co.us        H:303-980-8392  W:303-643-1448

john stump   jstump@netftp.austin.ibm.com

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