On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Ketan Gandhi wrote:
>
> I am trying to install Linux 6.1 from CD on a 13.6 G HDD. The HDD is
> completely empty and I intend to just run Linux on it.
> So, I am trying to partition it into a Linux-native partition of 12 G with
> remaining as Linux-swap partition.
> But, it doesnt let me partition it that way. It only allows upto a max of
> 7G, anything above that, it gives me 'Boot partition too big' error and
> doesnt allocate the partition.
>
> Is this coz of the 8G constraint on the BIOS ? WHy does this happen ? Any
> way I can get around this ?
>
> Also, it shows my HDD as only 12G, and not the full 13.6 ???
>
> thanks in advance,
> KG
See my previous post. All booting and swap partitions must reside
completely within the first 1024 *logical* cylinders. There is an easy
way to do what you want though. I jsut did this with my 22GB drive.
/dev/hda1 20MB /boot
/dev/hda2 ~80MB or so <swap>
/dev/hda3 (the rest) /
Only the /boot directory need be in he 1024-cylinder area, so if you set
up a small (it can really be much smaller, but why be cheap when you have
13GB?) partition to mount as /boot. The install will put all the boot
stuff for LILO there, and you're golden.
You also have the option of breaking / into / and /usr or / and /home, or
make it an extended partition with a bunch more. This is where the
religious wars start, so I'll leave that decision up to you.
Trivia: Because of the number of bytes for each partition's info on the
hard drive, the logical number of cylinders must be <=1024, and you can't
have more than 16 logical heads, and the sectors per track must be <=63 (I
think). So this isn't bad programming per se, and certainly not a
limitation of LILO's.
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