Re: [TCLUG:11346] Linux and 17GB

[Thomas Veldhouse <veldy@visi.com>]

I was under the [mis]impression that the latest lilo had removed the <1024
restriction.  I am certain that FreeBSD just removed the limitation also.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@visi.com

On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Ben Kochie wrote:

> LILO requires the linux root drive (where your kernel is) to be within the
> first 1024 sectors of the drive.. what you will proabably have to do is
> create your root partition as a primary before teh first 1024.
> 
> try this configuration.
> 
> /dev/hda1	linux  (bootable)	1gig
> /dev/hda2	win98  			5gig
> /dev/hda3	extended (rest of drive)
> 
> /dev/hda4	linux-swap (whatever)
> /dev/hda5	linux /usr		2gig
> /dev/hda6	linux /home		2gig
> /dev/hda7	vfat (for your shared thing) rest of drive
> 
> you can scale the drive sizes if you like, but try and keep the first 2
> partitions under 8gig.
> 
> 
> Thank You,
>         Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, 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
> >  
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