Dear Jack;
There is another howto on the RH cd which describes this problem in detail
(I don't exactly remember it now). For new motehrboards with new bios this
problem hardly exist.
Regards
Maziar Mahzari
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, jack wallen, jr. wrote:
> hey everyone....i'm wondering:
>
> the Linux+Win95 mini howto says the following:
>
> "With a Linux/Win9x installation It is VERY IMPORTANT that your Linux
> partition start before (below) the 1024th cylinder, otherwise you will be
> unable to boot the machin. What exactly is the 1024th cylinder? That's
> where IDE ends and EIDE begins-- that's the 528M "mark" on your hard disk.
> Start your Linux partition at around 520M, so the entire kernel and other
> boot/loader files will completely reside below that cylander."
>
> has this changed with the newer releases of Red Hat or the newers kernels?
> the reason i ask is that i've done many successful Red Hat+Win9x dual
> boots where Linux resides well beyond the 528M "mark" (unless i'm
> misunderstanding this information). if i'm clueless on this 'mark' could
> someone set me straight?
>
> thanks to all.
>
> Jack Wallen, Jr.
> Editor in Chief of Linux Content
> www.techrepublic.com
>
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