HD DVD-install problem: LILO refuses to install

[fadeh]

Greetings,

I used the sudo knoppix-install-latest-web command to get knoppix onto my drive so I could play around with linux before I go on to debian or possibly some other distro. All went peachy with the 0.3-14 installer except for the part where it's supposed to install LILO.

I got this error:

LILO version 22.6.1, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 John Coffman
Released 17-Nov-2004, and compiled at 12:32:32 on May 25 2005
Debian GNU/Linux

/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such device
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such device
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Incompatible libdevmapper 1.01.00-ioctl (2005-01-17)(compat) and kernel driver
raid_setup returns offset = 00000000 ndisk = 0
BIOS VolumeID Device
Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
Name change: '/dev/cloop0' -> '/dev/cloop'
pf_hard_disk_scan: ndevs=1
0300 AEEAAEEA /dev/hda
Resolve invalid VolumeIDs
Resolve duplicate VolumeIDs
0300 AEEAAEEA /dev/hda
device codes (user assigned pf) = 0
device codes (user assigned) = 0
device codes (BIOS assigned) = 0
Filling in '/dev/hda' = 0x80
device codes (canonical) = 1
Device 0x0300: BIOS drive 0x80, 16 heads, 65535 cylinders,
63 sectors. Partition offset: 0 sectors.'
Using Volume ID AEEAAEEA on bios 80
Fatal: Trying to map files from unnamed device 0x000e (NFS/RAID mirror down ?)


Well, that isn't exactly the error i got at the installer, that time I got a shorter one with the same "complaints". This is the one when I, with my meager knowledge and the help of a few guides of the net, try to install lilo manually.

I get no lilo-promt at boot up, my comp just goes in it's merry way and heads into Win XP.

My hd-setup is as follows:

Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7296 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 1912 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 1913 6898 40050045 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 6899 7296 3196935 82 Linux swap / Solaris


Any ideas as to what's wrong?

Regards,
Fadeh

[fadeh]

Greetings, again,

I decided to prolong my life by sparing myself of the agony of a serious linux problem so I decided to try out Ubuntu linux, which is a similar "pocket"-OS to knoppix but has an actual
Debain installer routine.

I spend 30 minutes installing and everything worked without a hitch, so I am very happy. If you're not familiar with it check it out: www.ubuntulinux.org