How do I do that, I mean if the /boot is not 1024 how do I make it so?New LILO is out which might solve your problem. (what a timing).
fwding a mail from ilug-indore giving details of the same. hope it helps.
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Sarang Lakare wrote:
you can download it from----------------------------
http://apps.freshmeat.net/download/912827201/ or
http://apps.freshmeat.net/altdownload/912827201/Changes: The 1024-cylinder limit has been removed by a patch that uses the EDD bios extensions and supports up to 2 TB disks.
These are the only changes to lilo...btw guys, comment on my new sign file :)
-sarang
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> Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:51:42 +0530 (IST)
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> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] LILO Problems
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> On Mon, 1 May 2000, Mayuresh A Kathe wrote:
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> ->When I tried to install Linux on a friends machine I got the following
> ->message while doing fdisk during install.
> ->
> ->The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2227.
> ->This is larger than 1024 and may cause problems with:
> ->1) Software that runs at boot time (eg LILO)
> ->2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (eg DOS FDISK, OS/2
> -> FDISK)
>
> Make sure that the boot partition (/boot) partition exists within the
> limit of 1024 cyl limit. The rest of the partitions can be anywhere,
> they can also be on other hardisks.
>
> This waring message will come whenever you run fdisk.
>
> Nagarjuna
