As far I as know because using LILO requires a boot partition LILO still
suffers from the 1024 limit.
GRUB which is the default in 7.1 does not reguire a boot partition and
allows for Linux to be installed anywhere and on any size hd.
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wienand Drenth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 2:36 AM
Subject: [newbie] LILO Mandrake 7.1
> With older versions of Mandrake and corresponding LILO, the Linux
> partition had somehow to start before cylinder 1023 (roughly speaking).
> However, for LILO version 21.4.4 this barrier seems broken.
> Question: does Mandrake 7.1 come with a LILO that supports placement of
> the boot loader after cylinder 1024? I.e. can one use large partitions.
> And does anyone have any experience with it?
>
> Thanks for any insight!
>
> Wienand Drenth
>
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