I'm not very straight on the cylinder limitations...do you have more than
one hard drive? but here's my setup, and hopefully, it might help you some:
hda1(40G):Win2k
hdc1(8.4G total): linux swap
hdc2: linux
I've had LILO installed on hdc2, but have since moved it to hdc1. For my
boot manger, I use BeOS's (the free edition) bootman, which is installed on
hda1. Setup is a breeze...just type bootman in the BeOS terminal, and have
it point to the boot partitions.
At 08:42 PM 6/21/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>I have just caught up with the latest emails, seems a lot of poeple are
>experiencing the same thing.
>
>A lot of the suggestions have been that the mbr is messed up. This is not
>the case! I have fdisk it hundreds of time since getting this error and
>each time lilo installs the same happens. Windows boots fine, dos boots
>fine ( after a fdisk /mbr ) and the relavnt system install, it is just
>lilo and boot magic. One said he thought it was his HD, let me tell it has
>nothing to do with you r HD. I think it has to do with the size of the
>primary partition. At present I am not willing to play with the data on my
>HD as it is too critical to test this thoery, which is why I am trying to
>find out from those who know what the limitations on these two boot
>managers is.
>
>The only Clue is the size:
>
>Boot magic actually gives an error message which says that the primary
>partition must be in the first 1023 cylnders. Why is cares about the rest
>of the HD and not just the mbr I cant farthom. But there you have it.
>Since boot magic wont install and lilo does but fails I assume they both
>cant handle larger drives. When I installed before I had nice neat
>partitions around the 2-4 GB mark. I assume this didnt exceed the 1023
>cylders option, assuming that this is the cause. Currently I have a 14GB
>and a 40GB. Both exitbite the same behavoiur.
>
>if any body with the no-how can help in confirming this theory or indictae
>what limitations the software might have the Please Help. It is not just
>me as you acan see from the posting.
>
>If there is a cyclionder limitation can you explain why a boot manager
>needs to know about anythning but the mbr ?
>
>More importantly how can go about fixing this bug ?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Stephen
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>aifusionextreme
>To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 8:31 PM
>Subject: LILO & Boot Magic install ?
>
>Hi
>
>I jave succesfully installed mandrake 7.0 before but on smaller dirves.
>When trying to install it on a 14 GB with only 1 partition, everything
>appears fine, but once we reboot, instead of lilo I get a screen full of
>'01010101010101 ......' for ever or until reboot.
>
>So I thought I would give Bootmagic a try ( comes with the macmillian
>release ), but it says something about not liking a partition that is
>greater than 1023 cylenders or something.
>
>Can anybody help me ascertain what restrictions there are for these boot
>managers, what can be done to correct it, and are there alternatives (
>free ones ) that dont have these retricitons ?
>
>Thanks
>
>
