> > I recognized that all bootable partitions must start before the 1024th > > cylinder (I would like to use LILO), so I thought the best solution > > might be to have these partitions: > > With LBA this appears to be incorrect. I have previously had systems > booting Linux from the last 500mb of a 1.6gb drive; the 1024 limit > only takes you to 528mb or so. I boot NT 2gb into a 6gb drive; no > problem. > > I have never encountered any 1024 cylinder problem with Linux. I wish > the documentation would not keep spreading these ideas.
this sounds promising (I hate limitations). but: does anybody know if the NCR 53C810 SCSI BIOS on an ASUS PCI/I-486P3G motherboard uses LBA? I couldn't find out from BIOS setup and motherboard manual. by the way: anybody interested in a "loadlin vs. lilo for win95+linux dual boot" discussion? (I am new to the list so please skip this if you are having this every 3 months ... pointers to resources on that topic on the web are also welcome). *patrick* # Patrick Meidl # Konrad Lorenz Institute for Comparative Behavioural Research # Savoyenstr. 1a, A-1160 Vienna, Austria # Phone +43-1-486 21 21-36 | Fax +43-1-486 21 21-28 # Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] # WWW http://unet.univie.ac.at/~a8903821/home.htm -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
