Robert;
Thank you for your most appropriate and valid suggestion.
I thought (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that if I make my root
partition the first partition, no matter what size it is, that Linux would
place its initial install at the beginning of that partition, hence the
problem
of having the kernel located beyond cylinder 1024 would not arise unless
I recompiled it. Which I do not plan to do.
Cheers,
Bethg:-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: RedHat List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: March 19, 1998 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Drive/File System Setup
>On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Beth Gemeny wrote:
>
>> Building yet another Linux server from a recycled 486. I am
>> using a Maxtor IDE 4.3GB hard drive that uses an over-lay
>> software from Microhouse to enable this old, unupgradable BIOS
>> to read more than 528MB-hard drive.
>>
>> This software inserts its own bios to enable the drive.
>>
>> Questions for this list:
>>
>> Is there any reason I shouldn't need this software for a RHL5.0 install?
>
>Provided you put the kernel and lilo below cylinger 1024 you will be
>fine (the best way to guarantee that is to create a 50MB root
>partition in that area and have separate /usr /var and /home
>partitions).
>
>Linux will happily cope with the large disk - just that the BIOS can't
>boot beyond cylinder 1023.
>
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