On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 09:37:34PM -0700, Farhan Ahmed wrote: > hi, > > i am installing pcqlinux/rhl 7.1 and i encountered the following problem : > > my bios does not support more than 1024 cylinders but my hdd is big .. i > changed the /boot partition to keep it under 6.4 gb as suggested in the faqs > .. the installation went off fine but now when i boot , linux hangs at the > message 'installing /eth0' .. i tried using step-by-step confirmation but > then it skips this step and hangs after displaying a black blank screen ... > booting from the boot floppy does the same thing .. :( ... please help me!!! > > i have a 40gb hdd of which 75% is for dos/windows and the rest for linux... > i have a pc266 M810 motherboard with 256 mb ram, 1.4gig AMD athlon, gateway > ev700 monitor, 10/100Mbps ethernet card ... > > --__--__-- ---end quoted text---
If your LILO results in the 1024 voodoo, you may have to forget about LILO. You can install Linux after the Windows partition even below 30mb, and still achieve a dual boot with loadlin for now, if you don't want to install an external boot loader like xosl. Later. you may consider "grub". Don't know if PCQ-7.1 has provided for it. For full instructions on Loadlin boot: http://geocities.com/usmbish/hdi-loadlin.html Bish. -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : man2txt LOST #135 To convert man pages to text format (which may be necessary if printouts are necessary, or you want to clip a large section): $man [progname] | col -b > progname.man.txt ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
