Felix Miata wrote: > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > > > Nathan wrote: > > > > > >Happened to me more than once during beta and RC installs. Prolly an > > > > >install script bug. How many partitions are there for it to find? > > > > > 1 windows & 1 ext2 > > > > That could mean your EXT2 drive crosses the 1024 cylinder boundary. If > > > your PC BIOS does not provide INT13 extensions, you can't boot a > > > partition that crosses the boundary. Try making a tiny EXT2 /boot > > > partition (I make mine 24 Mb) and a linux swap partition below 1024, the > > > rest EXT2, and see if the install will proceed normally. > > > i'm curious...why would the 1024 cylinder have anything at all to do > > with an 8.1 install? that was something specific to the old LILO boot > > loader. since the newer versions of LILO no longer suffer from this > > problem i fail to see how this would apply. > > LILO can't use non-existent BIOS services. Cyl 1024 is a non-issue only > if your BIOS provides the INT13 extensions or if the partition you boot > from does not include cyl 1024 or above. > -- > "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected, > in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the > principles of Christianity." President John Quincy Adams > > Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/ > Felix: Don't most/all recent BIOS provide INT13 extensions? Regards, Carroll
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