OK, I threw LILO in there to avoid being *completely* off topic, but it is related...
I had Windows refuse to load for an unexplainable reason the other day, and even my floppy drive INSISTS that the HD be set to LBA before anything works. The problem is that I've been running CHS for over a year now on my Maxtor 17 GB drive, through an upgrade to Potato, etc. Linux works with no problem! So my problem is... How can I switch to LBA? Do I have to delete all partitions before I can switch the drive over? If so, I'd have a hard time saving my data and my potato install, since it's become so big and customized. I'm right now backing up on to QIC-80 tapes, but they're awfully small and I'm only on my 8th tape in about 4 hours, and this is only my root and usr partitions! Any suggestions at all? Is it possible to switch the drive, delete and recreate one partition at a time? This is where LILO comes in, since it won't boot (LI...) if I do so. Is this just asking for trouble? I'd hate to even have to reinstall potato, since I'd have to download an awful lot over a 56k line.. Feel free to respond off-list, if you feel this is too far off-topic; this is just a good place to find gurus! (Grues? Ahh! Turn on the light!) Thanks in advance. -- Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich == It's VIRUSES, not VIRII! See http://language.perl.com/misc/virus.html == I'D LIKE TO BE BURIED INDIAN-STYLE, where they put you up on a high rack, above the ground. That way, you could get hit by meteorites and not even feel it. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988.