----- Original Message -----
From: "Paulo Goncalves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Shane Deering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: New install of linux
>
>
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Shane Deering wrote:
>
> >
> > It will look something like -
> > hda1 windows
> > hda2 (or 5) linux /
> > hda3 (or 6) linux swap partition
> > hdb1 linux /boot
>
> I beleave there is a problem here. A friend told me that he had problems
> with LILO on a large disk because LILO is a 16 bit program and can't read
> from cilinder 1024 up ( as he told me ). If you put Linux first should
> solve the problem.
>
> Sorry for my english, and i hope i can help you.
>
> Paulo Gon�alves.
I'm hoping that using hdb1 for /boot will get around the cylinder limit.
Windows has to go in hda1.
If I understand it right the bios should use the mbr on hda1 and from
there to hdb1 /boot and the rest is history as they say.
Don't worry about your english Paulo, it looks good enough to be
your native tongue.
Shane..
