At 10:55 PM 24-05-00, you wrote:
>hi,
>
>I had a redhat linux 6.1 setup on a 9GB drive. But someother group used
>that disk to
>install some other OS. Also they made some changes to the BIOS settings
>of the machine which they dont remember.
>
>disk is SEAGATE ST19191W connected to a Adaptec AIC-7880 Ultra/Ultra W
>BIOS v1.26sP8
>system BIOS - Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Rel 60
>
>When I install redhat 6.1 again, I have some problems. The
>cylinders/heads/sectors is set to 8682/64/32. This does not allow me to
>create a root partition of more than 1023MB. Other than this I dont have
>any other installation problems.
>
>However, after installation I am unable to boot, since lilo hangs after
>'LI'.
>
>So how do I change the no. of cylinders? Is this some option in the
>bios?
>
>I also tried to do a low level format but it failed with error 'device
>not ready'.
>
>Please get back to me for more info.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Raju
make a /boot partition that is within the first 1023 cylinder boundary of
the disc
(40 Megs should be more than enough) then it should work fine.
Rgds,
Darryl
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