RE: [TCLUG:9836] new install

["Eric Hillman" <ehillman@cccu.com>]

> Please bear with me......(linux newbie)
> I just installed Redhat6.1.  Upon restart it froze with "LI".  From what
> I understand (from looking up in sites) either the LBA mode is not
> enabled or the kernel is residing below cylinder 1023.
>
> I am unable to find a "howto" get into the bios and check/change the LBA
> mode and am leary of reinstalling under the "expert" mode to designate
> partition space for the kernel to reside fully below cylinder 1023.
>

There is a third possibility, which is that the BIOS has the wrong drive
geometry...  This usually only happens if you have the settings manually set
in the BIOS and then change drives without resetting the BIOS settings...

To access the BIOS on most PCs, all you have to do is reboot the computer
and hit "DEL" as it starts up.  Some BIOSes use a different key, like F2 or
Ctrl-somethingorother.  It should display a message like "Hit DEL to enter
setup" as it boots.