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gdurb@aardvark.apana.org.au (George Durbridge) wrote:

>This works, but if Linux can read and write a partition which is wholly
>below 1024 cylinders, you can put the kernel and all of the lilo files 
>there, without repartitioning.  You would have to shift the /boot 
>directory there, and replace it in your Linux filesystem with a link.  It 
>doesn't matter that lilo can't read an MS-DOS filesystem at boot - it 
>can't read ext2 either, and navigates by absolute CHS addresses.  To 
>avoid files being moved by a DOS defrag program, set the system attribute.

Whilst I agree this would (does) work, I don't like having cross platform
(OS) dependancies like this. Setting the system attribute does not
guarantee file(s) won't be moved - just ask Attach� about their cluster
position protection crap. I use "DEFRAG /P" quite often, and beleive that
will ignore those attributes.

In other words, I beleive moving /boot to an MSDOS partition, and many
other types of similar "solutions" to be hacks - ie they should not be
taught as a first step solution, but are good informational notes that help
reinforce grounding concepts... :)

In this case, it would be informative to try moving the /boot directory as
a diagnostic step.
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