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When did BIOSes start supporting booting over 1024cyl? I was unaware that
such a thing actually did occur... every system I've *ever* seen
(including our own Pentium II) exhibits this type of behavior (the 1024
cyl limit, that is).
- Mike
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, s142433 wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
>
>
> > delete ...
>
>
>
> > The reason being is that
> > if your linux boot information is not within the first
> > 1024 cylinders of the drive, LILO will not be able to
> > boot into linux.
> >
>
> This was a problem with older bios, but newer ones don't have this
> limitation anymore. I boot linux on the last 500meg of my 4 gig h/d.
> However I believe there are some bios's with an 8 gig limit.
>
> cheers
>
> Johann
>
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