At 10:15 PM 7/18/00 +0530, you wrote:
>Hi Buddy,
>
> >
> >Lots of stuff there in u'r mail. Like U said, there is *NO* primary
> >partition in u'r disk for linux - in which case *AFAIK* U will not be able
> >to use LILO to boot to linux. This is the reason why most of us prefer to
>
>Then How I was able to use Lilo earlier on my old HDD (6.4MB) inspite of my
>linux being on Extended Partition ? :-) There was no primary partition for
>linux.
It does not matter whether u have linux in extended partition. All the
files required to boot i.e. all files in /boot partition should be in the
first 1024 cylinders of ur hdd. In case of ur 6.4GB HDD this condition was
satisfied even if ur linux was in the extended partition. But in case of a
larger hdd, u have to make a separate /boot partition for keeping these
files. This partition is mostly created as a primary partition of about 20
MB. This was the case of the old LILO
If u have compiled and installed the new LILO this problem shud not be
there(I hope so). In any case I would prefer to make a small /boot
partition in the starting of my HDD.
>Regards
>
>
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