As far as I know, it is not accurate to say that there
is not an issue with 1024 cyl and LBA mode disks. I
have 2 (8.4 gig and 17.2 gig) drives both in LBA mode
and both had issues with either LILO or bootmagic and
the 1024 cyl thing at one time or another.
As far as I have read, there is also a new version of
LILO that does not have the 1024 cyl limitation. But
I read that on slashdot.....who knows if its true ;-)
Dacia
--- Wienand Drenth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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;
> 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.
> How do I check if my hd is lba. In /etc/lilo.conf
> was a line "lba32".
> Should this do the trick?
>
> Thanks, and once again.
>
> Wienand
>
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