Re: Working around the 1024 cyl limit

["Marty Leisner" <leisner rochester rr com>]

> Hiyas,
> 
> I was told that (Redhat) Linux has probs if it is installed in an area
> beyond cylinder 1024 of the harddrive?
> 
> If this is correct, I was questioning if I could allocate the first
> partition on my HD for Linux, and give the other partition to Windows 98...
> Although the problem I foresee is that Windows won't allow me to direct it
> to a certain partition... Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> -

If all else fails, use loadlin...you can set up your config.sys/autoexec.bat
to multi-boot easily enough...

I wish redhat would allow this installation automatically (I've had enough
instances where I wish I made a boot floppy!!)

Marty Leisner



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