Where did you get the idea that Hard Disk Drivers flash the BIOS? Every different model of motherboard has a different BIOS, there is no way they could provide BIOS changes for every motherboard. Yes, these drivers can cause problems and they can be difficult to remove (though some do now have uninstallation procedures), but they are simply a driver that starts from the MBR and intercepts all disk access code. - Peter Ogden Perth, West Australia E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.esbconsult.com.au/ogden/ or: http://surf.to/locost/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles A Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 22 June 2000 9:03 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [[newbie] Fw: LILO & Boot Magic install ?] new > explanation > > > The most likely causes of this error actually has nothing > to do with the > MBR, where it is at, or the size of any partitions. If your > hd was ever > formatted using a manufacturer floppy ( with IBM it is > EZDrive, Maxtor is > MaxBlast and I am sure others also have their own). The > program not only > formatted your drive but it also flashed your BIOS to fool the hd size > limitation and UDMA 66 incompatibility that older BIOSs had. > If this is the > case then neither LILO nor BootMagic can or will work as a > bootloader on > your system. > SystemCommander will work and in Mandrake 7.1 GRUB will > work.If neither > of these 2 is an option then the only be able to boot Linux is from a > floppy. > > Charles > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Scottaline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 5:06 AM > Subject: Re: [[newbie] Fw: LILO & Boot Magic install ?] > > > > "aifusionextreme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > <big snip> > > > The only Clue is the size: > > > > > > Boot magic actually gives an error message which says > that the primary > > partition must be in the first 1023 cylnders. Why is cares > about the rest > of > > the HD and not just the mbr I cant farthom. But there you > have it. Since > boot > > magic wont install and lilo does but fails I assume they > both cant handle > > larger drives. When I installed before I had nice neat > partitions around > the > > 2-4 GB mark. I assume this didnt exceed the 1023 cylders > option, assuming > that > > this is the cause. Currently I have a 14GB and a 40GB. Both > exitbite the > same > > behavoiur. > > > > > > if any body with the no-how can help in confirming this theory or > indictae > > what limitations the software might have the Please Help. > It is not just > me as > > you acan see from the posting. > > > > > > If there is a cyclionder limitation can you explain why a > boot manager > needs > > to know about anythning but the mbr ? > > > > > > More importantly how can go about fixing this bug ? > > > > > ========================================= > > The size of the drive is NOT that critical, provided the > boot sector is > BELOW > > the 1024 limit (usually about 8 gig). Thus create a small > (10-12 meg) > boot > > partition below that limit (entirely) and linux should boot > just fine. > > Caldera has included a new booter in their eDesktop 2.4 > distribution that > > evidently doesn't have this limitation. My guess is that > most distro will > be > > following suit with something similar in upcoming editions > of their own > > distros. > > Mike > > > > "Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol > > than alcohol has taken out of me." > > --Winston Churchill > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at > http://webmail.netscape.com. > > > > > >
