> LILO may be able to break the 1024 cylinder barrier, but it _cannot_ break
> the 8G barrier,. This is bacause of how lilo stores the sector address. The
> address is only 24bits + drive specifier (8bits, 1 used as LINEAR address
> identifier)+ sector count (8 bits).
Yah, the LILO 1st stage loa
If I can offer a comment on this: The Mandrake 7.0 install scripts
could explain the LINEAR option a little better --- the current prompt
only says that this option is not recommended for floppy-disks; it
should say this option is recommended for large hard disks. I'm only
guessing, but I don't
On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 10:52:39AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Pixel wrote:
> >
> > Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > If you use the linear option, you can bust with 1024 cyl barrier with
> > > current production LILO too.
> >
> > are u sure? lilo does not use the extended bios
- Original Message -
From: Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 2:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] nuni-0.04 boot loader eliminates 1024 cyl issue
> Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > nuni is
Pixel wrote:
>
> Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > If you use the linear option, you can bust with 1024 cyl barrier with
> > current production LILO too.
>
> are u sure? lilo does not use the extended bios function
Haven't tested, but Andre Hedrick said this on lkml very recently..
Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If you use the linear option, you can bust with 1024 cyl barrier with
> current production LILO too.
are u sure? lilo does not use the extended bios function
Pixel wrote:
>
> Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Pixel wrote:
> > >
> > > Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > nuni is a boot loader for Linux, using ext2 file system and IDE drives.
> > > >
> > > > sou
Pixel wrote:
>
> Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Pixel wrote:
> > >
> > > Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > nuni is a boot loader for Linux, using ext2 file system and IDE drives.
> > > >
> > > > sou
I located lilo-22 here:
ftp://sd.dynhost.com/pub/linux/lilo/
Neil.
Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Pixel wrote:
> >
> > Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > nuni is a boot loader for Linux, using ext2 file system and IDE drives.
> > >
> > > sound nice, pixel ?
> > >
> >
> > grub
Pixel wrote:
>
> Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > nuni is a boot loader for Linux, using ext2 file system and IDE drives.
> >
> > sound nice, pixel ?
> >
>
> grub does the same, and it *does* handle scsi :ppp
I was unaware tha
Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> On 28 Jan 2000, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
> > Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > nuni is a boot loader for Linux, using ext2 file system and IDE drives.
>
> Does it dual-boot, or is it Linux/ext2 only?
>
> Jeff
It doesn't have a selector of its own yet.
Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > nuni is a boot loader for Linux, using ext2 file system and IDE drives.
>
> sound nice, pixel ?
>
grub does the same, and it *does* handle scsi :ppp
i really don't think relying on the bios for just
On 28 Jan 2000, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
> Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > nuni is a boot loader for Linux, using ext2 file system and IDE drives.
Does it dual-boot, or is it Linux/ext2 only?
Jeff
Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> nuni is a boot loader for Linux, using ext2 file system and IDE drives.
sound nice, pixel ?
--Chmouel
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