Re: [PLUG] lilo won't boot

[Forge <forge@dca.net>]

New machine uses LBA, old uses CHS, or vice versa. Your partitions may 
also be in bad shape, as the old CHS/LBA values no longer correspond to 
the original locations on the disk.

jeff wrote:

> > But, lilo prints out LI and then hangs.  If I hit ctrl-alt-del, it
> > repeatedly prints out LI, but doesn't do anything meaningful.
> >    
>
> I've seen this before but forgot what it was. 
> A quick search turned up this:
> -----------
> It's officially described as a "drive geometry error".
> It means that lilo doesn't like the way (it thinks) your boot device
> looks.
> Have you done anything to change your hard drives and/or partitions
> lately?
> -----------
>
> Seems like it would happen when changing machines.
>
> Hopefully that gives you a place to start.
>
>
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