1024 cylinder problem

[Guest_imported]

I've read in Red Hat 7.2 installation guide that the boot partition should be in the first 1024 cylinders of the HD, since i only got one HD and the first cylinders are already used by the windows partition (which i really really doesn't want to delete and start all over again), what i can do about it?
i've read that newer BIOS's don't have this limitation, how can i know if mine is compatiable? i've got a P4 processor on an Intel D850GB motherboard (a new system, bought it 4 months ago).

 

[630111]

I can't speak about the BIOS issue, so I won't.
As for the boot partition, it is my understanding as well that it has to be within the 1024 cylinder boundary. However, the boot partition doesn't have to be that big (only a couple mb should get you by). All of Windows doesn't have to be within 1024 either, just C drive. Cut C down just enough to fit the OS and a little free space. Make the rest D. Then use Partition Magic or something like it to shift your Windows stuff over enough to make room for the boot partition to fit within the 1024th cylinder as well. The rest of Linux can go somewhere after 1024. This should work for you.
Hope this helps!
630111

 

[nfaber]

omry,

This is what I did and it worked:

Installed windows 2000 pro on C 10G

Formated NTFS partition D

Formatted Fat16 E (For windows to linux xfers)

Installed RedHat 7.2 normally EXCEPT!:

MADE A BOOT DISK!!!

TOLD THE INSTALL TO INSTALL LILO ON THE BOOT PARTITION! in my case hda6. (sorry to shout but that was important).

Then after install, boot to linux from the floppy and in lilo.conf change:

boot=/dev/hda6

to

boot=/dev/hda (at top of config)

add a default entry for DOS.

then restart lilo

and reboot, should see linux screen and all is ok.

 

[ifincham]

Hi,



As you can see from this -->

http://freshmeat.net/projects/lilo/

lilo is capable of booting partitions that start above the 1024 cyl limit as long as the motherboard bios supports the extended interrupt 13h call. I would be almost certain that your hardware would be OK on this if its only 4 months old. Redhat 7.2 now defaults to grub as bootloader instead of lilo but I think that has similar capabilites.

Have a read of the lba32 notes here -->

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/install-guide/s1-guimode-bootload.html

Regards

 

[Guest_imported]

Installed Linux at the last parition of my HD (way after cyl 1024) and it works fine. thanks for replying.