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linux linux wrote:
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> Can someone tell me why yast can not configure lilo correctly with large HDD's (1024 limit)? I can edit the lilo.conf file and run lilo myself with no problems.
> I think this is something that should be fixed in yast.
> thanks,
> krupps
> 
> this is silly eh?

The 1024 cylinder limit comes from the fact that most bioses
are still 16-bit. 2 to the 16th power is 1024. So the address
must be less than 1024.

Getting a foolproof lilo setup going is not that easy.
The 1024 cylinder limit provides a foolproof way of making
sure lilo will work, but there are other ways depending on the system.
It may work for you , but not someone else.
I tried to install lilo a bunch of times, then I would swap
hard drives, and lilo would stop working.

Redhat's manual says the same thing, that if you observe the
1024 limit, it will work for sure; BUT if you violate that
limit, lilo MAY work for you, but it is not supported, since there
are so many variables, that tech support can't deal with it.

There is 1 foolproof method that I know of.
Create a 1 sector (bare minimum) primary partition
as the first partition on /dev/hda.
Mount /boot there, and put your kernels in there. It will
boot systems anywhere.

But many people do not want to have a primary partition
wasted on this.

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