Select LBA32 instead of LINEAR. if u are trying to boot from a large partition. lilo ----- Original Message ----- From: Sudhir Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 2:26 PM Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Significance of 1024 cylinders during Linux installation
> Hai Everyone, > While installing linux, I was prompted to have > the primary partition within the first 1024 cylinders. > What is the significance of this message? > This happened when I was installing in dual OS > mode with Win 2000 as the other OS. This never > happened with the previous versions of windows. > Is it to do anything with the partition size. If > yes, then why not with other versions of windows as I > could install linux having win98 with the same size > partitions. > Advance thanks for your answer. > Sudhir > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

