lilo: "not the first disk"

[Jim Thompson]

>>>>> "Harvey" == Harvey Fishman <fishman at panix.com> writes:

    Harvey> Don't worry about the message; it is right but you
    Harvey> are misinterpreting it as a problem while it is only an
    Harvey> informational thingie.

OK, I understand the relevance of the planar BIOS discussion a little
better now.

However, in my case at least, the error message is more than an
informational thingie, it's a real won't-boot thingie.  There is a
similar lilo message, something to the effect of "warning: BIOS drive
0x81 may not be accessible" that I've learned I can safely ignore.  But
the "not first disk" error always means an unbootable disk.

Thanks again for the explanation.

Jim
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