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Righty.
I've just (finally) installed Smoothwall on my v. old PC to become a network firewall.
The install goes hunky dory, but LILO is mashed.
I reboot and get the LILO error:
"L 01 01 01 ... 01"
Aparently this could be a memory thing? However, the suggested reboot didn't fix it.
Someone else suggested modifying lilo.conf... which is problematic, since I can't boot the machine. I've tried and failed to find a floppy boot that will let me mount the hard disk to edit it that way.
The system is:
Cyrix 166+ (133Mhz)
32 MB EDO RAM
4GB Seagate hard drive
Some unbranded SiS chipset motherboard (Model number: GMB-P56SPC)
2x Netgear NICs
The only "inconsistancy" I can name is that the first hard drive is hdb, not hda. Why? Because I cannot persuade the bastard son of a bitch to be anything other than the slave... no matter where I put the jumper, the cable, everything, it always comes back as slave. I don't see how this should be a show stopper though? The installation reported that it had partitioned and formatted the correct drive, so I don't see why that should have thrown it?
Anyways, I'm stuck, I'm on the edge of my depth and... errm... help!!!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I've just (finally) installed Smoothwall on my v. old PC to become a network firewall.
The install goes hunky dory, but LILO is mashed.
I reboot and get the LILO error:
"L 01 01 01 ... 01"
Aparently this could be a memory thing? However, the suggested reboot didn't fix it.
Someone else suggested modifying lilo.conf... which is problematic, since I can't boot the machine. I've tried and failed to find a floppy boot that will let me mount the hard disk to edit it that way.
The system is:
Cyrix 166+ (133Mhz)
32 MB EDO RAM
4GB Seagate hard drive
Some unbranded SiS chipset motherboard (Model number: GMB-P56SPC)
2x Netgear NICs
The only "inconsistancy" I can name is that the first hard drive is hdb, not hda. Why? Because I cannot persuade the bastard son of a bitch to be anything other than the slave... no matter where I put the jumper, the cable, everything, it always comes back as slave. I don't see how this should be a show stopper though? The installation reported that it had partitioned and formatted the correct drive, so I don't see why that should have thrown it?
Anyways, I'm stuck, I'm on the edge of my depth and... errm... help!!!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you