A new version of LILO was released a few days ago which gets rid of the
1024cylinder limit. it now supports disks up to 2TB.
http://www.freshmeat.net/news/2000/04/26/956756732.html
Best of luck,
Tim Kubista
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Olson)
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 22:10:29 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Mult-Boot Bootloader Problems
>
>
> All:
>
> I'm admittedly a Linux Newbie, but nowhere near a newbie when it comes to
> machines and software OS'es... I date back to MS-DOS 3.3 Days.
>
> I thought I'd prevail upon the experts in the list. I''m trying to get Lilo
> or
> Powerquest's Bootmagic to work as a bootloader. Only problem is: Lilo won't
> load and BM won't properly boot the Linux Partition.
>
> I have a 20 gig Hard drive, with 6 for Linux and Swap partitions. LILO says
> can't be installed on a partitoin that goes beyond cylinder 1024... thats a
> laugh...
> 99% of the drives sold in the last five years have cylinders many times
> 1024...
>
> Boot Magic can't properly Identify the Mandrake OS partition, and won't Boot
> into it properly.
>
> Question: Is there a LILO alternative besides a boot disk or Loadlin, or is
> there
> some way to force bootmagic to ID the partiton right.
>
> Sorry About his being a repost, but my previous msg had an incorrect date of
> Jan 2000 on it...
> thought many may have discarded it.
>
> Please respond to my email address as well as the List.
>
> Also: Are there any good Mandrake Specific web sites besides Mandrakesoft?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Olson
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