On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, dayalan manohar wrote:
> Well, speaking approximately, the same disk could have it's 1024th
> cylinder at the end of the first 8GB or the first 500MB depending upon
> the disk label.A disk with C cylinders, H heads and S sectors per track
> has C*H*S sectors and can store C*H*S*512 bytes.For example for a 20 GB
> hard disk it could be C=2482 H=255 S=63 or C=39560 H=16 S=63.Practically
> I have found that even if the boot partition is within the first 1024
> cylinders the old lilo cant boot my system unless the root partition
> also starts within the first 1024 cylinders.
I meant / (/boot in it which would take approximately 26MB).
That's how i configured for one my friends computer.
-regards
chandra
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"He only earns his freedom and his life
Who takes them every day by storm."
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M. Chandrasekhar
Senior Undergraduate
Dept of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Mumbai.
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>
> "M.Chandrashekhar (96D07008)" wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, dayalan manohar wrote:
> >
> > > Please shift this to LIH.
> > >
> > > > it.And use fdisk while installing in linux. (make sure your /boot comes
> > > > within first 1024 cylinders,
> > > >
> > > > DOS * |----> make sure these both take max 7GB
> > > > dos extended |
> >
> > I just meant an approximation not calculator :-)
> >
> > chandra
> > _____________________________________
> >
> > "He only earns his freedom and his life
> > Who takes them every day by storm."
> >
> > *****************************************************************************
> >
> > M. Chandrasekhar
> > Senior Undergraduate
> > Dept of Electrical Engineering,
> > Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
> > Mumbai.
> >
> > *****************************************************************************
> > >
> > > Depending on the CHS translation used the size of the partiition within
> > > the first 1024 cylinders may vary.It is better to use a calculater in
> > > conjunction with the information from fdisk.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > 3> install linux "only" ...Goodbye windows :-)
> > > >
> > > Yes,Sir,thats what I've done and never looked back!
> > >
> > > > > i also tried changing "linear " to "lba32 " in the
> > > > > /etc/lilo.conf file
> > >
> > > without lba32 my system does not boot from beyond the 1024 limit even
> > > with the new lilo.
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > the primary C partition is less than 8 gb. The boot boundary limit is 8
> > > > > > gb. So if ur first primary partition (ie. C drive) is more than that then
> > > The boundry limit depends on cylinders.The size limit depends on the CHS
> > > translation so such a statement is not necessarily true.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Dayalan Manohar
> > >
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> > > and not on behalf of any organisation or any other entity.Any opinions
> > > or views expressed are his own.
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