[SuSE Linux] yast & lilo
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? ___________________________________________________________ Get your own Web-Based E-mail Service at <A HREF="http://www.zzn.com"><A HREF="http://www.zzn.com</A">http://www.zzn.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
linux linux wrote:
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. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
zentara <zentara@netfrog.net> writes:
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.
Sorry, but 1024 is 2 to the 10th power. The limit comes because the BIOS only uses 10 bits to pass the cylinder number. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>
You can try to use a boot manager. It might solve you problem. I know that BootMagic for PowerQuest can do that. zentara wrote:
linux linux wrote:
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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This is one reason I ordered System Commander Deluxe when I ordered 5.3. There are other ways but SCD simplifies the booting arrangements when running multiple OS's on a single machine. Henry -----Original Message----- From: owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com [<A HREF="mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com">mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com</A>] On Behalf Of Justin Kieft Sent: Sunday, December 20, 1998 10:45 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] yast & lilo You can try to use a boot manager. It might solve you problem. I know that BootMagic for PowerQuest can do that. zentara wrote:
linux linux wrote:
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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