On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 08:19:26PM -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
Or you can try the lilo from cooker which, I believe, doesn't have
problems with >1024 anymore.
> it sounds like you have the > 1024 syndrome. If you haven't done a lot to
> your system yet as far as moving in and settling down you may want to
> re-install Linux. LILO doesn't work well on Large HDD's unless you use a
> 10-15MB /boot partition. LILO will work perfectly then. You would
> partition your drive in a manner something like this.
>
> /boot = 15MB
>
> /home = at least 300MB or more if you have multiple users
>
> / = no less than 1GB or the remainder of your drive or however
> much space you intend to allow your Linux system if you're dual
> booting.
>
> By using a small /boot partition (which should be the first partition that
> you define) you're staying within the 1024 cyclinder requirment of
> LILO. LILO can't see beyond that distance.
>
> This is just a basic partition map for large drives, but the MOST
> essential partition, and the one that is a MUST is the /boot partition.
>
> --
> Mark
>
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>
>
>
> On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Marco Fioretti wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I just installed Mandrake 7.1, and it looks great, except one or two issues.
> >
> > The most important is with LILO. When I power up, LILO starts, greets me,
> > telling that it will boot the default image in 5 seconds, but nothing happens.
> > If *I* type linux, LILO boots fine, and the system works great. I have an 8.4
> > GBYTE HD, partitioned as follows
> >
> > swap hda5 240 MB cyl 0-30
> > / hda6 300 MB cyl 31-68
> > /usr hda7 3 GIG following
> > /home/ hda8 4.5 GIG following
> >
> > It was done this way by the installation software. /etc/lilo.conf follows.
> >
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Marco
> >
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > vga=normal
> > default=linux
> > keytable=/boot/us.klt
> > lba32
> > prompt
> > timeout=50
> > message=/boot/message
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-secure
> > label=linux
> > root=/dev/hda6
> > initrd=/boot/initrd-secure.img
> > read-only
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz
> > label=linux-up
> > root=/dev/hda6
> > initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> > read-only
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz
> > label=failsafe
> > root=/dev/hda6
> > initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> > append=" failsafe"
> > read-only
> >
> >
>
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