Re: [LI] Keyboard ,GPM Nightmares Pleeeeeeeeeeease help, IBM Apiva got screwed Up

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 04:15:32PM -0800, Dogpile ping wrote:
> Problems 
> 1. as soon as i set the boot disk in the CD- rom the
> installation started but the keyboard and mouse are
> not working( i have the Keyboard with all the new
> features like sound control and shortcut keys to
> internet on the keyboard).

The keyboard is not the problem usually. Try to run
without *any* services and then start each one manually
to see what's hurting you. Try reading up about 
run levels to see how to disable services (in your case GPM)
at startup.

> problem 2.
> when i switch the P.C on the Lilo prompt does not come
> up it only displays "LI" and nothing happens when i
> hit tab. i have to get the system up and running with
> a boot disk every time.

LILO docs say:

 (<nothing>)  No part of LILO has been loaded. LILO either isn't installed
    or the partition on which its boot sector is located isn't active.
   L <error> ...   The first stage boot loader has been loaded and started,
    but it can't load the second stage boot loader. The two-digit error
    codes indicate the type of problem. (See also section "Disk error
    codes".) This condition usually indicates a media failure or a geometry
    mismatch (e.g. bad disk parameters, see section "Disk geometry").
   LI   The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot
    loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a
    geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map
    installer.
   LIL   The second stage boot loader has been started, but it can't load
    the descriptor table from the map file. This is typically caused by a
    media failure or by a geometry mismatch.
   LIL?   The second stage boot loader has been loaded at an incorrect
    address. This is typically caused by a subtle geometry mismatch or by
    moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer.
   LIL-   The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused by a
    geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running the map
    installer.
   LILO   All parts of LILO have been successfully loaded. 

	-Arun

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