Linux boot, 911!!!

[Primus]

I have a major problem. One of my CVS server just started acting funny. After reboot it refuses to boot! All I see is the usual BIOS stuff, and then underneath all the devices listing I get this

LIL-_ blinking cursor!

Any idea??? If I pop in the CD I can get into single mode, but I'm not sure what to do from there.

I'm running RedHat 6.2

 

[Damaged]

Oooh, not good. LIL- means: The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running the map installer.

Probably what happened during the crash is that the inode became corrupt. What you need to do fsck the disk.

 

[Primus]

Even a reinstall won't work for some strange reason

We ran out of options so we ran the install again... 3 times and it's still the same problem even after reformat.

 

[Damaged]

Are you sure you have the drive geometry parameters set correctly in the BIOS? This could cause that problem as well.

 

[Primus]

Should be correct, the auto detect matches that of the drive spec.

Anything else I can try? It's a 10GB Fujitsu, on some old Asus Socket 7 mobo, K6 350

 

[Primus]

Problem solved!
Just reinstall using fdisk....good old text mode is still king of the hill!

 

[Damaged]

Duh! I rarely use the GUI installers. Mostly because I know the curses/ncurses/text ones so much better.