You can put linux anywhere you want to on your HD, but the /boot partition must
be below the 1024 cylinder limit.  Many users make a 10-12 mb partition near
the front of the drive for /boot and the rest of the linux installation can be
anywhere on the drive.

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> All:
> 
> I have a 20 gig Hard drive, with 6 for Linux and Swap partitions.  LILO says 
> can't be installed on a  partitoin that goes beyond cylinder 1024... thats a 
>laugh... 
> 99% of the drives sold in the last five years have cylinders many times 1024...

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