Right--if you have your IDE drives set up to use LBA mode then
the 1024 "limit" is not an issue for LILO (older version).
It is only if you are not using LBA that you need to worry
about this.
Norm
Ron Stodden wrote:
> Mark Weaver wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Not a MUST at all these days. For people with large physical drives
> set up LBA, and who keep bootable partitions on low logical numbers
> or who use the latest LILO (which has no 1024 cylinder limit) the
> best move is to put all of Linux in the one partition (the Mandrake
> installer supports this), and so totally avoid the constant problem
> of partition resize rejuggling.
>
> There is NO need or value in having a separate /boot partition these
> days.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ron. [AU] - sent by Mandrake Linux.
> To write a poem in 17 syllables is very diffic
>
