On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 18:07:30 -0500, "Michael Seltenright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm planning to replace my current 8 gig Windows HD with a 20 or 27 gig drive. I
>know that LILO has a problem with drives that have more than 1023 cylinders. How
>should I partition this drive so that I can still use LILO? I will install Linux to
>the 8 gig drive all by it's lonesome.
>
If Windows is all by it lonesome on the 27G drive and Linux is on the
8G you don't have any problems. LILO only has a problem if the Linux
/boot partition is beyond the 8G mark on it's physical hard drive. It
shouldn't have any problem with the Windows drive.
If you don't use a boot manger put LILO on the hda (Windows C:) drive.
If you are going to use a third party boot manager or boot off a
floppy put LILO in the Linux partition.
If you are going to mix Windows and another OS on the 27G drive be
sure to install Windows first. After all Windows thinks it is the
center of the universe and will screw up any other OS on the drive if
you give it half a chance.
PBen
