> On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > Regarding the disk being too large, the partition that the system boots > > > from should be entirely within the low 1023 cylinders. I handled this by > > > creating a separate partition (about 40 MB) for "/", and a larger one for > > > "/usr". Other than that, the disk size is not a concern, and this is a > > > BIOS limitation, not a Linux one. > > > > Should not be a problem with LBA -- my Linux root partition is > > the last 700mb of a 1.6gb drive, ie well after 1023 cylinders. > > Does this mean that you boot with lilo on such a drive? LBA takes care > of the problem? This would be good news for me if it were true.
Yes, using LILO. (To be precise, OS/2 Boot Manager boots LILO which boots Linux, but the effect is the same). Another poster has confirmed this. Hamish -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
