You must have a good hard disk + PC BIOS combination.
I have encountered hard disks (old Seagate or Western Digital)
that require vmlinuz to be below the 2GB mark. Otherwise
linux won't boot.
Ambo
Jasper V Ferrer wrote:
>
> ambo,
>
> >I'm not sure if it is still a limit of the current lilo
> >but usually the location of the compiled linux kernel
> >should be below 2GB...that's why I put the / partition
> >there.
>
> actually, slackware recommends the swap partition to be first,
> and the 2nd partition to be the rest of the drive (maybe they're
> assuming you dont have a hd larger than 8.4G).
>
> here is my setup:
>
> hda1 2G -> windoze
> hda2 2G -> slackware 7
> hda3 2G -> lfs : kernel 2.4.2(linuxfromscratch.org)
> hda4 13G -> fat32 partition where i store most of my files
>
> and i never had any problems with this setup, medyo malayo
> na to sa swap issue, but anyway, i just wanted to show you
> that the kernel can reside past 2G.
>
> >Regarding the memory, I usually load up a server machine
> >with 256MB...Ram is quite cheap these days. In such cases,
> >the swap use is minimized.
>
> for home use, 256MB ram might even eliminate the use of a swap
> partition.
>
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