On Nov 7, Sven LUTHER wrote:
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.5.96.1
>
> I reflashed the bios with the latest version from iwill, but still,
> grub don't want to look past the 512Kb barrier. The strange thing is
> that MBR has no problem booting from partition 2 and 3 so right now
> i have a grub floppy for the reiserfs partition, and use mbr+lilo
> for the other two.
Many BIOSes implement the LBA extension to read past 1024 cylinders,
but don't set a flag that they support this extension. You can tell
GRUB to ignore the flag and use the LBA extension anyway: Just install
it with "--force-lba" flag on the setup/install command line.
Jochen
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