Fabio Coatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm going to download the cooker release, but I've some questions...
> I've just installed the mandrake 6.1 on a BP6 (SMP) Motherboard, with an
> ATA-66 HD drive; I've some problems and I would like to know if
> some of these are fixed.
>
> I'm unable to install MDK 6.1 using the ATA-66 bus, due a couple of
> problems. first of all the standard kernel is unable to support the
> HPT366 chipset, so to see it I've to build a 2.3.XX kernel.
> Is there any hint about how to build a custom install disk? I can
> build a image with a 2.3.xx kernel, just to see the ATA-66 bus.
> (I've to build the kernels under RH6.1, the compiler shipped with
> MDK6.1 chokes with developement kernels)
>
> The second problem is that the bios is unable to remap the disk
> geometry (ATA-66) like the LBA does, so I've to put the kernel image
> in a small partition at the head of my HD. (I suspect that this can be
> fixed with some lilo boot parameter, bu I'm not sure.) This leads to a
> tricky installation.
an easier solution is to use grub which handles LBA fully. No more limitation to
1024 cylinders :)
