On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:53:55AM +0000, Cannon, Andrew wrote: > Hi all, > > I've got a bit of a problem with a new installation of RH8. We've got a > Compaq Evo D510 that comes preinstalled with either Win2K or XP. When we > partition the disk, we have free space at the top of the partition table. Is > this correct and will it interfere with the bootloader? When we try and make > other partitions Disk Druid tells us that there could be problems with the > bootloader, presumably due to this free space. > > Anyone got any ideas? > > Andrew Cannon, Nuclear Technology (J2), NNC Ltd, Booths Hall, Knutsford,
The warning is due to the fact your /boot is going to be above cylinder 1024. Provided your computer BIOS can support booting (i.e. LBA mode) above this cylinder then recent versions of lilo and grub can work in this situation. For lilo you would need a line in lilo.conf that says lba32. For grub it is supposed to be able to automatically determine if you BIOS supports LBA and hence allow you to make use of your whole disk. Your mileage may vary.... /jft -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
