I don't think that should be a problem. From my experience, the partition
containing the /boot directory must reside below the 1024th cylinder.
HTH,
Matt
>From: Morris Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] outrageous memory usage and still no MandrakeUpdate
>Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 01:05:26 -0500
>
>Could this be the problem, since the swap partition spans beyond
>the 1024 cylinder boundary.
>
>If so, suggestions for remedy?
>
>Thanks,
>
>morris
>
>
>
>[root@heliopause morris]# fdisk /dev/sda
>
>The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1111.
>There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
>and could in certain setups cause problems with:
>1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
>2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
>Command (m for help): p
>
>Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1111 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
>/dev/sda1 * 1 128 1028128+ 83 Linux
>/dev/sda2 129 1111 7895947+ 5 Extended
>/dev/sda5 129 383 2048256 83 Linux
>/dev/sda6 384 638 2048256 83 Linux
>/dev/sda7 639 893 2048256 83 Linux
>/dev/sda8 894 1021 1028128+ 83 Linux
>/dev/sda9 1022 1085 514048+ 82 Linux swap
>
>Command (m for
>help):
>
>
>Morris Walton wrote:
> >
> > MandrakeUpdate started to work for me again.... I would swear that
> > the mirror sites did not have the update directory/link for several
> > days.....
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > morris
> >
> > Morris Walton wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to isolate a lock-up problem that I have mentioned here
> > > before. Namely, my system seems to lock up after 36hrs. I started
> > > running and paying closer attention to the xosview. According to the
> > > utility, I am using 245M/256 M (I just added another 128 yesterday).
> > > This includes USED+SHAR/BUFF/CACHE. I'm thinking that I need to
> > > recompile the kernel, and remove some of the excess, since I did a
> > > custom install and selected everything. However, when I do the make
> > > zImage, I get
> > >
> > > objcopy -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S compressed/vmlinux
> > > compressed/vmlinux.out
> > > tools/build bootsect setup compressed/vmlinux.out CURRENT > zImage
> > > Root device is (8, 1)
> > > Boot sector 512 bytes.
> > > Setup is 3536 bytes.
> > > System is 642 kB
> > > System is too big. Try using bzImage or modules.
> > >
> > > Too big for what?
> > >
> > > Also, Am I the only one who is experiencing problems with
> > > MandrakeUpdate?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > >
> > > morris
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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