On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 08:58:01PM +0100, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > In fact it is not necessary to have the whole root partition below the > 1024th cylinder. The only requirement is that all files used by Lilo at > the boot time should be located on the cylinders below the 1024th one.
So everybody has says, but what can I say? I had Linux installed on the last 500mb of a 1.6gb drive; booted lilo no problem. My current root partition is 700mb; another box I have has a 600mb root. Are you telling me that EVERYBODY with IDE disks makes their root < 504mb and at the start of the disk, or has a small /boot? I've never done it, and I've had no problem. I've been running Linux for over 3 years. There seems to be a lot of urban legend involved in this story. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
