On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Miroslav Skoric wrote:
> Steve Borho wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 02:39:08PM -0400, Jerry Human wrote:
> > > Also, with the release of lilo-21.4.3, the 1023 cylinder requirement is
> > > null. However, RH 6.2 doesn't come with that version. Is there a way to
> > > completely install RH on hdc without using hda for booting?
> >
> > Install linux, tell it to install the boot sector on /dev/hdc.
> > Make sure the install program creates a boot floppy.
> > Boot into linux using the floppy
> > Insert a disposable floppy (other than your emergency boot disk) and run:
> >
> > lilo -b /dev/fd0
> >
> > This will put the lilo boot image on the boot sector of the floppy.
> > Whenever you want to boot Linux, just insert the floppy and go. It's
> > almost as fast as the hard-drive boot sector.
>
> Sorry for not responding sooner for an old topic. I understood that guy
> wanted to boot his linux from the hard disk, not from floppy. Is there a
> way to perform that but not painful too much?
I think all he has to do is what Steve describes, to get linux running.
Once it's running, simply upgrade to the latest lilo and run 'lilo'. He
should at that point be able to boot from lilo (on the boot partition of
the first disk) using his >1024 cylinder partition on hdx.
charles
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