Re: [TCLUG:11346] Linux and 17GB

[Dave Erickson <gsa700@mediaone.net>]

"Agovic, Amer" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>   I hope some of you guys can help me.
>   I have got a 17 GB HD and it has 3 partitions.The first one 5GB is
> reserved  for Win98, the second one 5GB is shared and on the third one
> (>1024) is Linux.
>   Linux is a mix of SuSE 6.1,RedHat 5.2 and Slakware distribution.My problem
> is that LILO and LOADLIN don't work so that only way to access Linux is
> through bootdisk.Since I haven't been in the scene for a while I would like
> to know if there is a new way to use either LILO or LOADLIN with this
> configuration.
> 
>  Thank you
>   Amer Agovic
> 

As you indicated above, you will need a bootable partition >1024

Perhaps you could create a /boot partition in the beginning of your
drive?

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