[TP570] Won't boot; displays "LI" on screen

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From: m.o.davis_at_gte.net
Date: Sat Jun 03 2000 - 09:38:13 EDT

Addressed to: Ken <kenzo_at_free-music.com>
              Thinkpad List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>

** Reply to note from Ken <kenzo_at_free-music.com> Fri, 02 Jun 2000 17:43:44 -0400

> I have a Thinkpad 570 that just stopped working.
>
> Upon boot, the Thinkpad screen displays, the RAM available displays, no error
> shows up, single beep. The screen clears, and, instead of the OS loading,
> after an amount of time anywhere from 1/2 a second to 15 seconds, a "LI"
> (without quotes) displays at the top of the screen, and the machine does not
> go any further.

That is LILO trying to load. If you wish to remove LILO from your MBR, boot
>from a DOS boot disk that has FDISK on it and run

FDISK /MBR

This will rewrite the MBR.

Mark in San Angelo
m.o.davis_at_gte.net
06/03/00, 09:38:11

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