On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 08:58:01PM +0100, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote:
In fact it is not necessary to have the whole root partition below the
1024th cylinder. The only requirement is that all files used by Lilo at
the boot time should be located on the cylinders below the 1024th one.
So everybody
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Are you telling me that EVERYBODY with IDE disks makes their root 504mb
and at the start of the disk, or has a small /boot? I've never done it,
and I've had no problem. I've been running Linux for over 3 years.
Do DOS and your BIOS see the disk as
On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 09:26:13PM +1300, Carey Evans wrote:
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Are you telling me that EVERYBODY with IDE disks makes their root 504mb
and at the start of the disk, or has a small /boot? I've never done it,
and I've had no problem. I've been running
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
On Thu, Nov 19, 1998 at 09:26:13PM +1300, Carey Evans wrote:
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Are you telling me that EVERYBODY with IDE disks makes their root 504mb
and at the start of the disk, or has a small /boot? I've never done
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
So everybody has says, but what can I say? I had Linux installed on
the last 500mb of a 1.6gb drive; booted lilo no problem.
My current root partition is 700mb; another box I have has a 600mb root.
Are you telling me that EVERYBODY with IDE disks
If you need to use DOS you'll have to upgrade the BIOS, twiddle the BIOS
to work (try something like CHS=1023/64/63), or use a hack like Ontrack
Disk Manager.
Not so. Just make sure that your DOS partition and any Linux root is
completely within the limits of the 504MB. The problem comes from
Quoting wb2oyc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
If you need to use DOS you'll have to upgrade the BIOS, twiddle the BIOS
to work (try something like CHS=1023/64/63), or use a hack like Ontrack
Disk Manager.
Not so. Just make sure that your DOS partition and any Linux root is
completely within the
On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 08:34:43PM -0400, wb2oyc wrote:
If you need to use DOS you'll have to upgrade the BIOS, twiddle the BIOS
to work (try something like CHS=1023/64/63), or use a hack like Ontrack
Disk Manager.
Not so. Just make sure that your DOS partition and any Linux root is
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, wb2oyc wrote:
Not so. Just make sure that your DOS partition and any Linux root is
completely within the limits of the 504MB. The problem comes from the
BIOS being old and not permitting access to cylinders beyond the 1024
limit.
Linux doesn't have any problem with
On 18 Nov 1998, Carey Evans wrote:
: Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
:
: On the other hand, Linux doesn't need the BIOS information at all (I
: have a few machines where the BIOS has no idea I've even got IDE drives,
: but Linux knows). If you're only running Linux you're ok.
On 17 Nov, ivan wrote:
The reason I ask is because Linux reports:
Quantam Fireball SE2.1A, 2014MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=4092/16/63
which indicates a 2GB drive. CFDisk agrees and will let me partition to 2GB.
DOS BIOS on the other hand report only a 504MB H/D and so does the
Raneesh
Did you put a 2 GB drive in your computer? Most likely it's a 2GB but
DOS is so horribly broken that it only sees the first 504 MB of the
drive. Just be glad Linux isn't and use the whole 2 gigs. (No, you
don't need to upgrade your bios, unless it's giving you boot errors,
but there should be
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, ivan wrote:
: Hello,
:
: The reason I ask is because Linux reports:
: Quantam Fireball SE2.1A, 2014MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=4092/16/63
linux is almost always right. But to check, just head over to the
Quantum web site and look up the part number.
: DOS BIOS on the other
Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On the other hand, Linux doesn't need the BIOS information at all (I
have a few machines where the BIOS has no idea I've even got IDE drives,
but Linux knows). If you're only running Linux you're ok.
Not quite. If you're using LILO to boot off the
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, ivan wrote:
Hello,
The reason I ask is because Linux reports:
Quantam Fireball SE2.1A, 2014MB w/80kB Cache, CHS=4092/16/63
which indicates a 2GB drive. CFDisk agrees and will let me partition to 2GB.
DOS BIOS on the other hand report only a 504MB H/D and so does
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