Re: Help

["M.Chandrashekhar (96D07008)" <chand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, dayalan manohar wrote:

> Please shift this to LIH.
>
> > it.And use fdisk while installing in linux. (make sure your /boot comes
> > within first 1024 cylinders,
> >
> > DOS *           |----> make sure these both take max 7GB
> > dos extended    |


I just meant an approximation not calculator :-)

chandra
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M. Chandrasekhar
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Dept of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
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>
> Depending on the CHS translation used the size of the partiition within
> the first 1024 cylinders may vary.It is better to use a calculater in
> conjunction with the information from fdisk.
>
> >
> > 3> install linux "only" ...Goodbye windows :-)
> >
> Yes,Sir,thats what I've done and never looked back!
>
> > > i also tried changing "linear " to "lba32 " in the
> > > /etc/lilo.conf file
>
> without lba32 my system does not boot from beyond the 1024 limit even
> with the new lilo.
>
>
> > > > the primary C partition  is less  than  8 gb. The boot boundary limit is 8
> > > > gb. So if  ur first primary partition (ie. C drive) is more than that then
> The boundry limit depends on cylinders.The size limit depends on the CHS
> translation so such a statement is not necessarily true.
>
> regards,
> Dayalan Manohar
>
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