On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 02:55:48AM +0100, vipinkumar menon wrote: > > I have a celron 366 with 64mb ram 20 gb hdd, with dual boot win > 98/XP I got the machine in 1999 with hdd replased just recently. > i'm trying to install red hat 7.0 from a disk i recived from > sams red hat linux in 24 hrs, the installation goes fine till > the end, but before it reboots it gives a warning 0X1607 device > exceeds 1024 cylinder limit, can any one help, or guide from > which LDP i can get help. > ---end quoted text---
By all probabilities, you are faced with the 1024-voodoo ! This is an unsurmountable situation with older versions of LILO ( less than 21.x.x). The BIOS too is critical here. The newer LILOs are capable of booting beyond cylinder 1024 of an IDE HDD if the BIOS supports EDD packet call extensions to the int 0x13 interface. It would be possible to dual-boot into your existing system with existing Win-9x/ XP (whichever is on the MBR). If it is 9x, then you may try loadlin, through config.sys or autoexec.bat. For NT you need to go through boot.ini file. If you can boot into your existing installation with the RH boot disk created during the installation process, then you may forget about LILO on the MBR and use existing Win multi-boot mechanisms. I have two How-Do-I documents on my home page on both loadlin and NT (boot.ini) dual boot systems. http://geocities.com/usmbish/ HTH Bish -- : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : Listing partition LOST #067 To know the total size of hard disk inclusive of Non-Linux and non-formatted partitions, as root do: #echo p | fdisk /dev/hdX 2> /dev/null (where X is a, b, c etc) OR #fdisk -l (this will list all drives together) ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
