Rajesh Fowkar saw fit to inform me that:
>On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:10:07 +0530
>"harishankkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I partioned my harddisk of capacity 20GB using fdisk.Now
>> I am not able to configure LILO as it says that the number of cylinders is
>> above 1024 ,
>> so it could be a problem.So now I am booting only from the
>> floppy.How can I solve this problem?Even if I write on to the MBR since I
>> have
>> a dual boot it is always booting from Windows without the floppy disk.Any
>> help?
>> Bye,
>> hari
>>
>
>Use the latest lilo which overcomes the 1024 cylinder limit and even gives a nice
>menu on lilo boot. I had posted a link to it some time back on LIH. Now I don't have
>it here in office. Search the archive. At home I am using that new lilo without any
>problems.
>
Here is the link to lilo without 1024 cylinder limit. Just compile it.
- make
- su
- make install
- lilo -v
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/boot/lilo/
[ Download lilo-21.6.tar.gz(226K) ]
hope this helps
Regards
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