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Article #2084Re: boot partition too big ??
From: earth.rc5
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 00:00
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 11:00:05 +0200, "Chenome" <chenome@mweb.co.za> wrote: >Hi there. > >I recently got ahold of Redhat linux 6.1. >Im fairly new to linux, I would like to know why each time I try to install, >it says boot partition too big. Even if i dont create a boot partition and >just create a root and swap partition, I cant carry on without it. > >ive got a 16 gig harddrive, 13 gigs is used for windows, and I left the rest the problem is simple (when u know the problem ;-) the bootpartition hast to be in the first 1024 cylinders else u could get problem like u. to solve this create a 5 mb partition under the 1024 cylinder limit or use a boot disk >of the space unpartitioned for RH linux. > >How can I solve this problem ?, how do I go about ?. > >Pls and many thanks > >Derek >
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