Re: [newbie] install problems 13.0gig

[John Aldrich]

You don't need that driver for Linux. It *SHOULD* work just fine w/o
worrying about it, especially if you make a partition for /boot, etc.
        John

----- Original Message -----
From: bfernand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] install problems 13.0gig


> After reading the docs, I decided to not use either LILO or Boot Magic.
The
> reason being that my recently installed 13GB Maxtor drive uses a little
> driver that lives in the Master Boor Record (where LILO or BM would
reside).
> Instead, I'm using LOADLIN which came in the Linux CD. I copied the kernel
> to the C: drive (VMLINUZ) and use the following in a batch file to load
> Linux:
>
> c:\loadlin\loadlin  c:\vmlinuz  root=/dev/hda3  ro  vga=3
>
> Happy Hunting!
>
> Ben