On 1998-12-29 16:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Received: from pop3.freewwweb.com > by fetchmail-4.6.4 POP3 > for <wind/localhost> (single-drop); Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:05:44 EST > Received: from murphy.novare.net (murphy.debian.org [209.176.56.6]) > by mx2.freewwweb.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA4394459 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:55:52 -0500 (EST) > Received: (qmail 18315 invoked by uid 38); 29 Dec 1998 14:52:51 -0000 > Resent-Date: 29 Dec 1998 14:52:50 -0000 > Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown: ; > X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:50:49 +0100 (CET) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Install wierdness or newbie goes doh! > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: [email protected] > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > Resent-Message-ID: <"TYQyQB.A.1dE.BzOi2"@murphy> > Resent-From: [email protected] > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/30912 > X-Loop: [email protected] > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-UIDL: c8672d2349052c83fd756875b6514061 > Status: O > Content-Length: 633 > Lines: 20 > > On 30 Dec, John Reid wrote: > > > - 2Gb mode-4 ide disk drive on hda (3 partitions - 1.2gb fat32, ~515mb > > linux, 96mb linux swap) > > I think this might be the problem. LILO has problems booting linux if > the primary linux partition is located above a certain block. > I think it would be best to have the linux ext2 partition as the first, > located below the 1Gb mark. I am not sure though. Someone please > correct me if I am wrong.
Actually, it's 1024 cyl = 1/2 GB. This restrictions is started to disappear in newer bioses. /Allan -- Allan M. Wind Phone: 781.938.5272 (home) 687 Main St., 2nd fl. Fax: 781.938.6641 (home) Woburn, MA 01801 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)
