boot disk won't boot linux

[warlord]

I've got 2 hds on my comp. hd1 is on a controller card and has SE on it. hd2 is the secondary slave. I've installed linux to hd2 successfully, but because linux won't recongnize hd1 on the card I didn't put LILO in the mbr, I was just planning to boot from a boot disk. my problem is that when I boot from the boot disk and try to boot linux, it just gives me ERROR 0X10.

any help, I did a search and couldn't come up with anything

 

[Damaged]

You might want to have a look at this article:

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/udma66.html

 

[Workin']

I'm pretty sure that the linux kernel has to be on a drive on your primary IDE chain. So if the drive you have linux installed on is on the secondary IDE port, you won't be able to boot from there, even with a floppy. You'll need to make a /boot partition (8-10 megs is plenty big enough) on a drive on the primary IDE port for the kernel and other boot files.

At least this is what I had to do to get Red Hat 6.2 to work on one of the computers I have it installed on.

 

[warlord]

thanks both of you for the info.

Damaged, I'm going to try that, cause I want both of my hds on my controller card. it will be quite the learning expierence for me

workin', that explains why the only time I was able to boot linux was when I had my 2 hd's on the primary mb channel.

 

[Damaged]

A little clarification here: The Linux kernel can even be booted from a logical parition on a secondary drive. Trust me. I've done it and it works.

The only OS that really requires that it reside on the primary drive is Win9x. And that needs to reside on the first primary DOS partition on the primary drive.

 

[warlord]

okay, I'm going to down load linux 6.2 so I will have one of the kernels they talked about in that article. once I get that done, I'm going to try to get them to boot from the card. we'll see what happens though.

 

[Workin']

Damaged -

Can you post a brief description of how you got linux to boot from a secondary IDE port? I could not get it to work. PRIMARY SLAVE drive, yes. SECONDARY IDE (master or slave), no. According to Red Hat tech support, it is not possible to boot from the secondary IDE chain.

I'm not saying you didn't do it - I'd just like to know how, so I can maybe make my life a little easier.

Thanks!

 

[Damaged]

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/LILO-4.html

Well documented. You could also, if your BIOS allows, set the secondary IDE device to be bootable.

 

[Workin']

Ah, yes.... Like most things linux, well documented but pretty confusing. Now I remember reading that HOWTO but it gave me a brain tumor which made me forget

AFAIK, most mobos don't let you boot from the secondary IDE. At least none that I've seen. But then again, I haven't really tried it except with a SOYO 5ehm SS7 board.

One thing I've learned - never say never, and never say always. However, saying those words usually gets the best responses!

 

[warlord]

alright, I've got my machine working in a way that doesn't bother me too much, yet.

I hooked up hd2 to the primary channel on the mb, and left hd1 on the controller card. I worked on installing linux while both hd's were on the card, but it just wouldn't go. maybe I was doing something wrong, but I don't think so.

anyhow, now it runs so I can start learning more, thanks.

workin', I know exactly what you are talking about.