BillK wrote:
>
> Sarang, you maybe confusing the fact that lilo has always been able to
> work on large disk drives, but only if all required files are installed
> under cylinder 1024 (i.e., /boot/*). The "clearly superior" grub as
No, no.. the new lilo can boot with /boot after 1024 cylinders.. thats what
I meant when I said the 1024 cylinder barrier is gone :)
-sarang
> someone put it is both harder to use/modify than lilo, and documentation
> is less readable too (had to ask for help in how to reinstall after
> using lilo), its only advantages seem to be overcoming the 1024 limit
> and a prettier menu!
>
> BillK
>
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > Sarang Lakare wrote:
> > >
> > > > didn't "read" the partitioning documentation for "large" drives before you
> > > > installed. :) If you had read that you would have seen that LILO can't
> > > > see past cylinder 1024 which is why you kernel is having a problem.
> > >
> > > The LILO /Grub that come with 7.1 do not have the 1024 barrier :))
> > >
> > > -sarang
> >
> > Darn it! someone forgot to tell LILO on my machine. I'm running Mandrake
> > 7.1.
> > --
> > Mark
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