Re: Linux and >1 gig HDD

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From: Lindsay Allen
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:00

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summer@vianet.net.au wrote:

>snip
>>Note however: LILO will not be able to boot a kernel that resides in a
>>partition, if that partition starts on a cylinder over a certain number -
>1023
>Actually, I'm not sure whether it's the starting address that matters, or whether
>the boot code must be below this mark or the entire partition. But, the number is 1023.

>It really is a shame about the 700Mb WIN.

>Cheers
>John Summerfield
>Warped & Connected
>Perth, Western Australia

  For what it's worth (I'm a beginner)  on my 850 IDE I have
partitions as follows and I boot Linux with Loadlin.  

hdb2	P	Novell		117Mb
hdb5	L	Dos		300
hdb6	L	Novell		100
hdb7	L	/		25
hdb8	L	/usr		250
hdb9	L	swap		20

  The logical partition is installed at the END of the drive so my /
partition must be above the 1024 boundary?

Lindsay




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