Michael Curry wrote: > I have a 10G IDE hard drive that I'm planning on running both > Linux and Win98 from. I used FIPS to partition the drive so there > are 8G for Win98 and 2G for Linux. The problem is the fact that the > disk has 1247 cylinders and during the installation YaST refuses to > have anything to do with creating a partition. I realize that the > kernel wants to be installed under 1024, but I assume there's no > reason that Linux can't make use of the cylinders over 1024 for > things like my /usr and /home partitions. > The booting partition can't "straddle" the 1024 cylinder limit from what I've read. If I were you I would make /dev/hda1 a 1 sector partition to mount /boot. Then divide the rest up anyway you want. /dev/hda1 will only be about 10 megs and surely won't straddle 1024 cylinders. -- To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archive at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
