The boot loader can't be installed on a partition that goes beyond cylinder
1024. I believe one solution is to make a small boot partition that is at
the very first of the the HD on which Linux is to be installed.
Don J.
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From: Fu Shanks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 10:10 PM
Subject: [newbie] HD problems during install - cylinder 1024
> Installing: Mandrake 7.0 Complete on a 5GB partition
> Running: Windows 98
> WD 15 GB 7200RPM HD
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> When trying to install BootMagic, it says it cannot install since the
> partition is beyond cylinder 1024. I have the same problem using DiskDrake
> and LILO (LILO won't install due to this problem). Any suggestions?
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