Thanks,
I tried to do the install and Redhat kept getting part way thru the format
of the partitions and would get mount failures. I tried many things and
had to give up. I'm using a 1 gig scsi and half of a 2 gig with no
problems. Thanks.
FYI. For those looking to set up a dual boot on a machine that already has
an OS other than Linux, I heartily recommend the program bootpart
(http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm) for setting up your dual boot. In
30 seconds I was able to create my dual boot even on a boot partition that
is NTFS.
Scott
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On 6/16/98, at 8:31 AM, Bradley, Greg wrote:
>The 1023 cylinder issue is only relevant to the boot partition. The
>problem arises because the bios must be able to read the kernel to load
>it and the bios can only see 1023 cylinders. Once the kernel is active,
>this restriction does not apply as the kernel does not use the bios at
>all.
>This can lead to the situation where everything installs fine and runs
>for years. One day, you rebuild the kernel. The new kernel is of course
>built in free space at the end of the drive, now when you tell lilo to
>boot this kernel, you cant boot anymore.
>
>It is always a good idea to put the operating system (ANY operating
>system) on a seperate partition to your data and important programs. In
>the event of a total stuff-up, you can then delete the partition and
>reinstall without losing your data.
>
>LBA works by remapping the real cylinder/sectors to virtual ones that
>fit within the limits set within the bios which, due to very clever
>co-operation between the people who set the bios standard and the people
>who did the IDE standard, are the same size (capacity), BUT, use
>different limits for sector, cylinder, head counts.
>
>So, if you REALLY want them on the same partition, I believe LBA can do
>up to an 8gig drive? Not sure so don't quote me. It did my 6 gig one no
>problems (I had to do it this way because I had multiple operating
>systems, ALL of which wanted to be below 1023).
>
>Regards
>Greg
> ----------
>From: Scott
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Subject: 1023 cylinder clarification
>Date: Saturday, 13 June 1998 8:09AM
>
>I've read the redhat faq about this issue but I'm stil a bit confused.
>
>I have a QDI motherboard (Intel tx chipset) with a dual ultra DMA 3 Eide
>controller and a new maxtor 4.3 gb ultra DMA 3 HDD.
>The HDD is patitioned as follows c:\ - 3.0 gb NTFS d:\ 1.2 GB Fat16.
>Mys
>stem boots off the root 3.0 gb partition into NT. I want to put RH 5.0
>on
>the 1.2 gb fat16 partition. I do know that my drive and motherboard
>supports LBA (mode 2 is how things run). Do I have a problem here with
>the
>1023 cylinder issue or am I safe?
>
>This 1023 iussue reminds me of the same problem dos used to have with
>drivers larger than 512mb.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Scott
>
>
>
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