On Sun, 19 May 2002 22:37:52 -0400 Doug McGarrett <dougmack@i-2000.com> wrote:
I thought that the 1024 cylinder limit went away a couple of revs ago, or is that only in Mandrake? Please enlighten me. --doug
I don't want to hold myself out as an expert in these matters, but when I did my latest install (Redhat 7.2, not SuSE) I got an error message when I attempted to install past the 1024 cylinder limit. It's my understanding that it does depend on your BIOS - a newer BIOS might ignore the problem. Anyway, the SuSE Reference Manual says this: Depending on the BIOS version on your computer, it may be required that the kernel image /boot/vmlinuz be located on the first 1024 cylinders of the hard disk. This is because these are the only cylinders available when the BIOS starts the system. I've ordered SuSE 8.0 and I'll have it next week, so then I'll know for sure if this problem has been fixed. With an older BIOS, I'm not sure it's possible to fix it. regards, Robert
linux:~ # /sbin/lilo Warning: device 0x0303 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit. Use of the 'lba32' option may help on newer (EDD BIOS) systems. Warning: LINEAR may generate cylinder# above 1023 at boot-time. Fatal: Sector address 34007489 too large for LINEAR (try LBA32
instead).