marketwatcher63@yahoo.com (Lucinda) wrote in message news:<b5dd2310.0405261533.78fd1d1d@posting.google. com>...
> upgraded to Slack Current a few days ago and everything was going
> well. I haven't made any changes to my system files since then and
> didn't install any new software yesterday. This morning I tried to
> boot my machine and got the error message "LIL" when trying to load
> LILO. I have LILO on my MBR and I don't run any other OS except linux.
>
> The explanation for the LIL error is:
>
> " 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."
>

I had problems with LILO and a new Giga-byte P4 MB. Tried
different settings in the BIOS and LILO didn't fix the problem.
Finally I tried 'nuni' and it boots no problem. nuni bypasses the
BIOS code and accesses the drives directly, I wish LILO would
incorporate it's code as an option. You can find nuni on freshmeat:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/nuni/