Re: Open Linux Distribution/Kann Linux nicht booten

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From: Marc SCHAEFER
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 1999 00:00

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Ren� Weiss <rmweiss@datacomm.ch> wrote:
> Das ganze ist ein Problem des Linux Loaders (LILO), dieser kann
> bei der Suche nach deinem Kernel nur diesen Bereich ansprechen.

More precisely, instead of having all device drivers into LILO (ie
a mini-kernel), LILO was designed to be small --- and to use the
services of the ROM BIOS. The problem lies in the BIOS and the
arcane cylinder/sector/heads bitfield assignments.

> L�sung: Leg eine kleine Rootparititon (ca. 100MB) in diesem Bereich 

Alternatively, a 2-4 MB /boot partition can be used. This is notably
implemented automatically if you choose auto-partitionning (full disk)
with SuSE. And it also works with Debian, just specify the mount point
at the appropriate time.

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