Re: amd k6 support

[Oommen Thomas <oommen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another option is not to install LILO and boot from a floppy when needed.

-
Oommen

On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Raja Subramanian wrote:

> rajeshbalan@xxxxxxxxxx wrote (rajeshbalan@xxxxxxxxxx):
> 
> > I've a AMD K6 processor. 64MB RAM. I tried installing linux (red hat 6.2,
> > dual boot with win98). I was not able to install. this is the problem i
> > faced:
> > 
> >  1)when i tried to allocate partition for /boot (16MB) - it said    
> >    PARTITION TOO BIG. I tried allocating 1MB (little weird)it said the same
> > thing.
> > 
> 
> The boot partition must be within the first 1024 cylinders of your primary
> hdd. This is due to (ugly) PC bios limitations.
> 
> The troublesome solution is to create the boot partition at the begining of
> the disk. You will have to move your win98 partitions accordingly.
> 
> The lazy solution is not to touch your win98 partitions and *not* create a
> /boot partition for RH. Just skip creating a /boot partition, it will just be
> a part of the root partition. This means that you cannot boot linux using
> lilo, and you should not install lilo. Boot to the win98 dos prompt and use
> loadlin to boot linux from dos. This is explained pretty well in -
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Loadlin+Win95.html
> 
> The second method is really nice because it does not play with the partition
> table/MBR nor does it need a "small boot partition". Other nice features are
> that you can start linux from windows without rebooting. Also, you never get
> caught out with a broken lilo setup after a kernel upgrade.
> 
> If you are brave, try using `grub' as your boot loader. It offers several
> advantages over lilo, esp if you want to multiboot several OSes. 
> 
> >  2) I tried to do a partitionless installation by giving a DOS partition as
> > / (root) mountpoint. The installation guide said, u will be getting a screen
> > to choose root(/) space and swap space(twice as the size of main memory). I
> > didnt get that.
> 
> I urge you not to try these automated install options. They usually end up
> clobbering your HDD. Read the documentation or ask for help, try do understand
> what you are exactly doing and do it in a manner that best suits your needs.
> 
> As for the comment about the K6 being not supported, I have not heard about
> such problems.
> 
> - Raja
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