On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, SM FOO wrote:
Greetings!
Can anyone advise, now with this patch, how to install a fresh version
of Linux on a computer beyond the 1024th cylinder? How do we go about
this?
Many thanks
SM Foo
Create a new small (about 25 megs) partition on your disk, anywhere, and
make
First install Linux wherever you want. Don't worry about it being past the 1024
cylinder. BUt just make sure that during installation you make a boot disk.
Then, after you finish installing, reboot and use that boot disk to get to
Linux. Then once in Linux, install the new LILO.
Can anyone
Greetings!
Can anyone advise, now with this patch, how to install a fresh version of Linux on a
computer
beyond the 1024th cylinder? How do we go about this?
Many thanks
SM Foo
Is it possible to upgrade LILO on a machine currently running the older version?
Of course, that's how most geeks (read: Linux guru's) will upgrade. You can get
it from here: http://www.freshmeat.net/appindex/1998/12/04/912827201.html if
you're brave.
If you're doing a fresh install of
Posted April 26 on Freshmeat.net is a patch LILO 0.21.4.2 with changes:
1024-cylinder limit has been removed by a patch that uses the EDD bios
extensions and supports up to 2 TB disks.
I was going to comment on this news too, I'm excited about it. Finally you can
put Linux at the back of the drive with no worries at all. The 1024 limit also
confused a lot of Newbies (including me) when they first heard about it, so now
that won't be an issue anymore. I wonder if Mandrake will
Is it possible to upgrade LILO on a machine currently running the older version?
If you're doing a fresh install of Mandrake, can the new LILO be substituted for the
old one?
Regards,
Nathan
I was going to comment on this news too, I'm excited about it. Finally you can
put Linux at the
