----- Original Message -----
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake on laptop
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > Wayne,
> >
> > No, the CD won't run in Linux without the files on the floppy. LILO
> > won't boot either. I think it has to do with the position of the Lxt2 on
> > the drive which is at the end of a 8.4gb.
> >
> BTW, LILO won't work if you don't have the kernel within
> the first 1024 cylinders on the hard drive. Putting it at
> the end of a 6.4 Gig hard drive may be the main problem.
Other alternatives are:
1. Put LILO in the Linux partition and boot from a floppy.
2. Copy the kernel to the FAT partition, then use loadlin to boot Linux.
Hoyt
