On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Chris Mathey wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>
>> I'm going to try a different distribution, in hopes that its formatter
>> works. Also, I tried to put LILO on /dev/hda so maybe I could boot that
>> way, but installation failed with
>>
>> raid_init: stat(/dev/hda)
>>
>> Which I don't get, as /dev/hda exists within LILO's chroot, and isn't part
>> of a RAID. LILO is version 22.7 ; on the latest System Rescue CD it's the
>> same version. Anyone got a tutorial in GRUB?
>>
> Just an FYI, I have 3 different USB HDD cases and one of them I cannot boot
> off of (USB boot is selected via BIOS on my DFI Lanparty).
You mean, using the same methods for bootloader application etc., it
consistently fails to boot from some drives? I have two drives, one works,
one doesn't. I thought it was related to the case, but then I found that I
was using different versions of LILO to try, so now I'm not sure.
> Leads me to believe it's an incompatibility with my mobo\USB case. However
> take that with a grain of salt as it was a quick test.
This BIOS can't boot off of _any_ USB drive. IDE, CD, or floppy are my
choices. I'm hoping I can load the kernel off of hda (XP hard drive) or hdb
(CD) then do the rest from sda (USB drive).
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