Hi,
I have Mandrake 7.0 and the same LILO /boot partition problem. I have
my disk partitioned as 2GB (Win boot and Linux /boot), 16GB (Win
stuff), 2GB (MDK7.0 installed, ext2), 128MB (Linux swap).
LBA doesn't make a difference (I have it -- actually nowadays
everybody should have it, unless his disk is 1GB or less).
Is the Cylinder problem gone with LILO included in MDK7.1 ?
Or only with GRUB ?
> Wienand Drenth wrote:
>>
>> Thanks everyone for their info on lilo/grub.
>>
>> Could someone please confirm if the following conclusions are correct:
>> First there is LILO that needs a /boot partition before cylinder 1024;
> It seems that there are no more pbs with the new lilo, I'm
> not sure.
>> Then there is Grub that doesn't have this limitation.
>> But, if your hd is LBA, then there won't be a problem at all.
> Right.
>> How do I check if my hd is lba. In /etc/lilo.conf was a line "lba32".
>> Should this do the trick?
> Didn't try it,have an LBA and don't need that, but look at
> your bios.
> On the start of your bios press 'del' key.
> Ther you'll find the info.
>>
>> Thanks, and once again.
>>
>> Wienand
Roman
