PowerQuest PartitionInfo 2.0 -- Windows NT Version Date Generated: 02/27/01 17:01:46 Copyright (c)1994-1999, PowerQuest Corporation Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved. PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm), and DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at: Voice: 801-437-8900 Fax: 801-226-8941 Web site: http://support.powerquest.com/support.html E-mail: magic@powerquest.com General System Information: Total Physical Memory (bytes): 267,702,272 Used Physical Memory: (bytes): 78,475,264 Maximum Page File Size: (bytes): 528,961,536 Current Page File Size: (bytes): 59,650,048 =============================================================================================================== Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 1467 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63 Sectors/Track System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head Sect StartSect NumSects =============================================================================================================== 0 0 80 0 1 1 07 856 254 63 63 13,767,642 0 1 00 857 0 1 0F 1023 254 63 13,767,705 9,799,650 Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values are: 0 1 00 857 0 1 0F 1466 254 63 13767705 9799650 13,767,705 1 00 1023 0 1 05 1023 254 63 19,920,600 48,195 Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values are: 13767705 1 00 1240 0 1 05 1242 254 63 19920600 48195 19,920,600 0 00 1023 1 1 83 1023 254 63 19,920,663 48,132 Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values are: 19920600 0 00 1240 1 1 83 1242 254 63 19920663 48132 19,920,600 1 00 1023 0 1 05 1023 254 63 19,968,795 530,145 Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values are: 19920600 1 00 1243 0 1 05 1275 254 63 19968795 530145 SWAPSPACE2 19,968,795 0 00 1023 1 1 82 1023 254 63 19,968,858 530,082 Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values are: 19968795 0 00 1243 1 1 82 1275 254 63 19968858 530082 19,968,795 1 00 1023 0 1 05 1023 254 63 20,498,940 3,068,415 Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values are: 19968795 1 00 1276 0 1 05 1466 254 63 20498940 3068415 20,498,940 0 00 1023 1 1 83 1023 254 63 20,499,003 3,068,352 Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders. Actual values are: 20498940 0 00 1276 1 1 83 1466 254 63 20499003 3068352 =============================================================================================================== Partition Information for Disk 1: 11507.5 Megabytes Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect TotalSects UsedSects FreeSects =============================================================================================================== C: NTFS Pri,Boot 6722.5 0 0 63 13,767,642 2,779,793 10,987,849 ExtendedX Pri 4785.0 0 1 13,767,705 9,799,650 3,646,818 6,152,832 EPBR Log 0.0 None -- 13,767,705 63 63 0 Free Space Log 3004.3 None -- 13,767,768 6,152,832 0 6,152,832 EPBR Log 23.5 13767705 1 19,920,600 48,195 48,195 0 Linux Ext2 Log 23.5 19920600 0 19,920,663 48,132 6,826 41,306 EPBR Log 258.9 19920600 1 19,968,795 530,145 530,145 0 *:SWAPSPACE2 Linux Swap Log 258.8 19968795 0 19,968,858 530,082 8 530,074 EPBR Log 1498.2 19968795 1 20,498,940 3,068,415 3,068,415 0 Linux Ext2 Log 1498.2 20498940 0 20,499,003 3,068,352 2,452,112 616,240 =============================================================================================================== Boot Record for drive C: (Drive: 1, Starting Sector: 63, Type: NTFS) =============================================================================================================== 1. Jump: EB 5B 90 2. OEM Name: NTFS =20 3. Bytes per Sector: 512 4. Sectors per Cluster: 1 5. Reserved Sectors: 0 6. Number of FATs: 0 7. Root Dir Entries: 0 8. Total Sectors: 0 9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8 10. Sectors per FAT: 0 11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F) 12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF) 13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F) 14. Total Sectors (>32MB): 0 (0x0) 15. Unused: 0x80008000 16. Total NTFS Sectors: 13767641 17. MFT Start Cluster: 16 18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 2353490 19. Clusters per FRS: 2 20. Clusters per Index Blk: 8 21. Serial Number: 0x4107508107501CA 22. Checksum: 0 (0x0) 23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55 ----- snip here ----- From star Thu Mar 1 09:55:52 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: star@betelgeuse.starshine.org Received: from antares.starshine.org by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.0.5) for star@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 01 Mar 2001 09:55:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from palace.ssc.com (palace.ssc.com [63.229.28.193]) by antares.in.starshine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97D0A9798 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 05:27:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by palace.ssc.com (Postfix) id E9D263A3BA; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by palace.ssc.com (Postfix, from userid 30) id E66B03A3A7; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.ssc.com (dilbert.ssc.com [192.168.1.3]) by palace.ssc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8C03A3A7 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail.ssc.com (Postfix) id 621F8E9878; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from passenger.ssc.com (passenger.ssc.com [192.168.1.1]) by mail.ssc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D9B0E9869 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from betelgeuse.starshine.org (betelgeuse.in.starshine.org [216.240.40.178]) by passenger.ssc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E44B680A3 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:38:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from star@localhost) by betelgeuse.starshine.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) id JAA09712; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:26:38 -0800 From: Heather Message-Id: <200103011726.JAA09712@betelgeuse.starshine.org> Subject: Re: Help on LILO stopping at LI In-Reply-To: <000001c0a21f$41396420$0e50a8c0@micromuse.com> from Alessio Frenquelli at "Mar 1, 2001 06:14:28 pm" To: alessio.frenquelli@micromuse.com Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:25:17 -0800 (PST) Cc: tag@ssc.com, alessio@micromuse.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL60 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: X-Loop: tag X-gazette-edit: b X-gazette-tag: Heather Sender: lg@ssc.com Precedence: bulk Status: RO +-+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-+ You've asked a question of The Answer Gang , so you've been sent the reply directly as a courtesy. The TAG list has also been copied. Please reply to TAG so that we can help our other readers by publishing the exchange in our monthly web magazine Linux Gazette, www.LinuxGazette.com. +-+--------------------------------------------------------------------+-+ Help on LILO stopping at LI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Making NT and LILO happy together > Hello, > I start thanking you for any help ... I am stuck at this stage, I am not a > GURU on LINUX and I cannot overcome the problem. > > > ENVIRONMENT > ============ > Dual bootable Laptop, Toshiba Tecra 8100; one partition is Windows NT > workstation, the other is Linux RedHat 6.1. > > PROBLEM > ========= > Linux 6.1 LILO does not longer boot properly. Just stop at the word "LI". Any recent changes? The next L should represent finding the second stage loader so the kernel can get going. These could be disk-ish things like you caught a virus and successfully cleaned it out, had a hard crash and needed to reboot, etc. > SOME TROUBLESHOOTING INFO > =========================== > > Fortunately I have the boot diskette, and booting from it, I can > successfully get to Linux. > > When running : << /sbin/lilo >> I got messages: > >