(I hope) a simple question about installation

[Julie]

Yes, you can put your linux way out there, but the line "lba32" must appear 
in the /etc/lilo.conf file, and then make sure that "linear" does not 
appear.  Then type lilo at the #.  If there is a problem, lilo will tell 
you about it.

*julie


At 07:14 PM 8/19/01 -0400, Damon Siefert wrote:
>I'm trying to figure out whether or not LILO's (and BIOS') 1024th cylinder 
>limit for boot partitions still exists. Some people in newsgroups (as well 
>as some HOW-TOs) seem to think that its no longer an issue, but others 
>have categorically stated that it is necessary to have ones' boot 
>partition in the first 8.4 gigs. I'm planning to install RH 7.1 on a 40 
>gig hard-drive (new hardware, so any issues relating to old BIOSes or hard 
>drives shouldn't really matter) and I want to know whether I'll have to 
>disturb my current windows partition beyond shrinking it a little.
>
>Damon
>
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