Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 10:31:06 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Installing Linux beyond cylinder 1024
You may have to install the basic boot files for Linux under the 8.4GB bios limit, enough files so that by the time the Linux files are loaded and can see the entire HD by itself, bypassing the BIOS routines, you don't have to worry about anything. Believe the 2.0.34, 2.1.90 and higher versions of Linux support large HDs directly, but you've got additional problems present that were only fixed with the 2.3.21+ versions of Linux. (geometry translation problems such as that created by EZ-Drive with older BIOSs & Linux) See nice Linux Large HD faq: http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/Large-Disk.html ---- Looks like you'll either have to move onto a newer Linux that has a 2.3.21+ kernel and/or create a small Linux /boot partition <8.4GB to let it load Linux's own large HD drivers. I don't know, haven't bothered sticking Linux on my L110 yet, and I've got my empty partition waiting below the 8.4GB limit on my Libretto. ===== adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
