we had a discussion awhile ago about the dreaded 1024 cylinder limit.
i remember someone saying that the new lilo will always boot a kernel
residing anywhere on the disk. my reply was "i think it depends on your
bios". now, i know for sure. :) i'm throwing this information into the
collective so that if i forget, someone here will remember. :)
1. lilo needs the lba32 global directive.
2. lilo needs the set of enhanced bios calls (int 0x13, AH=0x42). the
enhanced bios became common in 1998.
given these two points, lilo is guarenteed to boot a kernel within the first
137 GB of a hard drive.
now, as far as the installfests goes. it seems to me that if you have a PII
or newer, don't worry about the 1024 cyl limit.
if you're working on a PI or anything earlier, you'll prolly want to create a
separate /boot partition.
pete
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