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From: David Crooke
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 00:00

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Jack Ostroff wrote:

> [posted - not emailed]
> [much snipped...]
> >
> > > * The only way I can start is to boot from a floppy..
> > >   then I can access to the partition table :
> > >
> > >  Part  | Type               |  Size   | Mounted as
> > > -------------------------------------------
> > >  hda1 | Fat32             |   5Go   | /DosC
> > >  hda3 | Linux Native |   3Go   | /usr/local
> > >  hda5 | Linux Native |   2Go   | /
> > >  hda6 | Swap             | 127Mo |
> > >
> > > - Why isn't there a hda2 ?
> >
> > That's rather strange indeed... It should be hda1 for DOS, hda2 for Linux
> > native and hda3 for Linux swap.
>
> Most likely hda2 is an extended partition, which contains
> two logical partitions (hda5 and hda6).
>
> Also - I believe the LILO limit is that the entire kernel
> must be below cylinder 1024.  You might want to see if you
> can make hda3 / and hda5 /usr/local.  (I know, it might mean
> a lot of work, but it might mean that LILO will work...)
>
> Good luck

In that setup, assuming primary partitions 1, 2 and 3 are laid out in order,
then 3 is the last one on the disk.... they go 1,2=(5,6),3
so all of / should be below the 1023 cylinder  watermark

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David Crooke, Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh
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