> From: Laurent PICOULEAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Samstag, 17. Januar 1998 02:34
> 1°) Try commenting compact Already tried that, then LILO started but only typed 'LI' > 2°) I don't think that your BIOS support lba. I don't either... :-) > If I'm right you'll have to > declare your disk as having 16 heads, 63 sectors, 3308 cylinders > because lilo relies on the BIOS to access the kernel and your BIOS > don't know how to handle more than 16 heads. okay... > The only annoyance > will be to ensure that the kernel resides in the 1024 firs cylinders : > just create a (small) partition there and mount it as /boot or a slightly > larger one and mount it as / . But all of my HD-space is already in use! From where should I get the 'small' partition, that also has to reside in the first 1024 cylinders? Oh! I've got an idea, what if I just kill this unused Linux/MINIX-partition and the swap-partition and 'switch them round' (so that there is a small space of 1024 cylinders infront of swap left). It would (probably) look something like this: Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1 3 8064 83 Linux native <-- will be mounted as /boot, should I mark it with 'bootable' ? /dev/hda2 4 4 29 50368+ 82 Linux swap <-- now my swap is here /dev/hda3 30 30 45 32256 83 Linux native <-- this is / /dev/hda4 46 46 827 1576512 5 Extended /dev/hda5 46 46 260 433408+ 83 Linux native /dev/hda6 261 261 281 42304+ 83 Linux native /dev/hda7 282 282 827 1100704+ 83 Linux native I'll have to tell Linux to look at hda2 for a swap partition... probably in fstab, right? But can I just change the partition while the system is running? I couldn't find any notes on this. Is the following procedure possible: 1. I change the partition tabel as shown above, using the cfdisk-utility 2. I edit fstab and correct the data in there 3. I rerun lilo 4. I change HD-info (16 heads, 63 sectors, 3308 cylinders) in BIOS 5. I'm happy because everything works (now without start-disk) 6. I say thanx to all people who helped me set up my computer :-) - Fabian -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
