Well, 6.3 didn't have great support for ATA66 drives. Have you tried the new 2.2.16 kernel that is on the FTP site. This might work better for you. * Lawrence Sayre (lsayre@stratos.net) [000909 18:36]: -->I did a complete re-install of SuSE 6.3 onto a new Seagate 30.6 GB HD. -->I installed a 10 MB /boot partition on hda1, then installed the balance -->of SuSE above the 1024 cylinder limit. --> -->I had heard that if /boot was benieth the 1024 cylinder limit everything -->would be OK. It boots from a disk and runs great, but I can't get it to -->boot off the HD. The new HD is a UDMA 66 type. --> -->Lawrence Sayre --> -->--------------------------------------------- -->"Man's mind is his basic tool of survival!" -->(a quote from the famous 'John Galt' speech -->in the equally famous book "Atlas Shrugged") -->--------------------------------------------- --> -->-- -->To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com -->For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com -->Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq --> -- Cheers, Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ------------------------- Warning to the Human Race: Objects in mirror are dumber than they appear. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq

As explained to a friend of mine, this was not told in the books ++++++++++++++++++++++++ My hard drive ST317221A has 2096 cylin, 255 heads, 63 sectors, (33415 load -zone) 16.441 Gig If I go 16.441 / 2096 = 7.84 meg per cylinder to go below 1024 cylinders 7.84 * 1024 = 8.028 Gig Since SuSE will only start to install at the end cylinder and go to the start (see page 24 installation book, Suse 6.4) I have to make linux 16.441 gig minus 8.028 Gig = (8.413 Gig) or bigger to get LILO to work on my hard drive &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In order for Hard drive to dual boot LILO.CONF (in /etc directory) has to be in (SUSE linux) with in the first 1024 Cylinders So as far as I know to fix your problem Lawrence you may have install SuSE starting on Cylinder 1024 through to the last Cylinder. or is there some other way of doing it

From Eric

----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Sayre" To: "SuSE" Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 2:24 PM Subject: [SLE] Can't boot from new HD : I did a complete re-install of SuSE 6.3 onto a new Seagate 30.6 GB HD. : I installed a 10 MB /boot partition on hda1, then installed the balance : of SuSE above the 1024 cylinder limit. : : I had heard that if /boot was benieth the 1024 cylinder limit everything : would be OK. It boots from a disk and runs great, but I can't get it to : boot off the HD. The new HD is a UDMA 66 type. : : Lawrence Sayre : : --------------------------------------------- : "Man's mind is his basic tool of survival!" : (a quote from the famous 'John Galt' speech : in the equally famous book "Atlas Shrugged") : --------------------------------------------- : : -- : To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com : For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com : Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq : : -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq