On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 12:09:08AM -0700, Chuck Collins wrote:
> There was something else about a 1024 sector limit and the boot program.
> This disk is 2Gb IBM, 4200 cyl x 16 heads x 63 sect. By my math, that
> means a cylinder is 1008 sectors, so that should not come into play.
That's a 1024 *cylinder* limit, not 1024 sectors. So if fdisk says
the disk contains 4200 cylinders then you need to make sure the root
partition (or /boot if you have one) lies entirely within the first
1024.
Some ThinkPad BIOSes do bit shifting, however, so the disk might claim
to contain for example 525 cylinders and 128 heads. If that's the case
then the 1024-cylinder limit isn't the source of your problem.
imc
