At 08:57 AM 10/13/99 -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>> Very bizarre. I install 6.1 to my new 9.1 GB IBM DeskStar just fine.
>> On re-boot, LILO hangs at LI. I have tried the 'linear' mode setting,
>> hda=1108,255,63 kernel option, and it just won't work. However, if I
>> install Mandrake Venus 6.0, it works fine. Please Help!!!
>>
>Sounds like you didn't make a /boot partition. For a drive
>that size, you'll almost certainly have to create that
>partition so that the kernel can be within the first 1024
>cylinders. I suggest wiping the drive, creating a /boot
>partition and reinstalling.
This is overcomplicated, isn't it? Why can't he create a small (say 500MB)
'/' partition at the beginning of the HD? He can put /var and /usr to take
up the rest of the space...
