Re: [LI] Lilo problem:"Cylinder exceeds the 1023 limit"

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 05:52:33AM -0800, www.suraj.co.in wrote:
> Just installed Red Hat 6.0 linux on my PC. I have
> a Pentium 66 MHZ,
> 8.6 GB HDD, 8M RAM   :-)
> 
> I have a DOS, Linux partition. with linux native
> in /dev/hda5, DOS in /dev/hda1

You need to create a small Linux partition to hold your /boot and
make sure that the entire partition falls below cylinder 1024.

One possible scheme:

/dev/hda1 	small C drive
/dev/hda2 	/boot
/dev/hda3	Possibly D drive, if you need space.
/dev/hda4	Extended
	
	/dev/hda5	Linux root
	/dev/hda6..	More linux stuff

hda2 needs to be entirely below 1024 cylinders.

	-Arun
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available.  Please search
the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question
to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.