David Frey wrote:
>
> Paul Christenson writes:
> >On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Stephen Fuqua wrote:
> >
> >> Will I be able to get lilo to boot off the 1gig drive when I
> >> make a root partition smaller than 1023 cylinders?
> >
> [...] You only have to ensure that you
> turn off any translation (put i
Paul Christenson writes:
>On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Stephen Fuqua wrote:
>
>> I am in the process of building a debian machine for my office
>> from surplus parts.
>> Will I be able to get lilo to boot off the 1gig drive when I
>> make a root partition smaller than 1023 cylinders? Can I be
>> pretty
On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> Is this < 1024 cylinders only an issue if you don't have LBA mode?
Yes it is. It is a problem on old PC BIOSes which did not support more
than 1024 Cyl.
It is also a problem of DOS
Yours,
-- martin
// Martin Konold, Muenzgasse 7, 72070 Tuebingen, Ger
On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Paul Christenson wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Stephen Fuqua wrote:
>
> However, the way I recommend is NOT to use lilo, but loadlin. Create a
> small (a few meg) DOS partition as the first partition, and have the
> AUTOEXEC.BAT simply run loadlin.
Hmm, just try 'linear and
> On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Stephen Fuqua wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > Will I be able to get lilo to boot off the 1gig drive when I
> > make a root partition smaller than 1023 cylinders? Can I be
> > pretty sure that I can at least boot the thing with a floppy?
>
> I'm pretty sure you can do either and i
On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Stephen Fuqua wrote:
[snip]
> Will I be able to get lilo to boot off the 1gig drive when I
> make a root partition smaller than 1023 cylinders? Can I be
> pretty sure that I can at least boot the thing with a floppy?
I'm pretty sure you can do either and it will work. Eve
On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Stephen Fuqua wrote:
> I am in the process of building a debian machine for my office
> from surplus parts.
> Will I be able to get lilo to boot off the 1gig drive when I
> make a root partition smaller than 1023 cylinders? Can I be
> pretty sure that I can at least boot th
On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Stephen Fuqua wrote:
> Will I be able to get lilo to boot off the 1gig drive when I
> make a root partition smaller than 1023 cylinders? Can I be
Yes.
> pretty sure that I can at least boot the thing with a floppy?
Yes.
Unless there's some kind of craz
On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Stephen Fuqua wrote:
> Will I be able to get lilo to boot off the 1gig drive when I
> make a root partition smaller than 1023 cylinders? Can I be
> pretty sure that I can at least boot the thing with a floppy?
YOu got the point already!
Go for it.
I do make a small root p
In your email to me, Stephen Fuqua, you wrote:
>
> I have been using linux for a couple of years, but I have
> always used machines with new bios and big drives, and I
> have never had any problem with lilo.
> I am in the process of building a debian machine for my office
> from surplus parts. I
I have been using linux for a couple of years, but I have
always used machines with new bios and big drives, and I
have never had any problem with lilo.
I am in the process of building a debian machine for my office
from surplus parts. I have a five year old Dell 486 that I is
the base for the ma
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