"Marc A. Volovic" wrote:
>
> Alex Dukhan wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know about any problems with installing lilo on 20 GB disk
> > ( > 1024 cylinder ).
> > I'm trying to install lilo on the MBR and when installing , it keeps
> > telling me "cannot install lilo > 1024 cylinder" and doesn't boot.
>
> Enable LBA addressing in BIOS for the disk or partition with a small
> partition for /
A small / partition could be inconvenient, since you'll need to relocate
and symlink directores when it fills up.
I recommend creating a small /boot partition early on the disk (below
the 1024 cylinder limit). The / partition can then be of any size and
any location. A 32MB /boot partition should last a lifetime (with
several kernels installed, mine uses only 3MB).
There aren't any catches -- just create and mount a partition as /boot
during installation. I've done this a dozen times with RedHat and
encountered no problems. It works because LILO doen't need to access the
root partition before loading the kernel -- it saves the physical kernel
location in the boot sector.
Regards,
Eran Tromer
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