Re: install problem rh6.1

["Michael Chaney" <mikeyboy tx freei net>]

Another side note...

Be sure to check your BIOS to see if it is accessing the disk in LBA mode.
If so, check "use linear mode" when you install LILO or when you reboot it
could hang.

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Chaney" <mikeyboy tx freei net>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: install problem rh6.1


> Nabeel,
>
> I just finnished overcomming this problem.  What's happening is that you
are
> trying to create a /boot partition that is past the 1024 cylinder limit
for
> LILO and the BIOS.  I used Partition Magic to resize my "C:\" drive (hda1
> partition) to around 5 GB and left the rest unallocated.  Then I used Disk
> Druid in the installation process to create my ext2 partitions.  If no
other
> partitions are present on your drive, then /boot will reside below the
1024
> cylinder limit.  Disk Druid should report that /boot is past the 1024
> cylinder, but it doesn't.  Instead it says it's just too big.  Good
luck...
>
> Michael Chaney
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nabeel S. Kandah" <nkandah ipass net>
> To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 8:53 AM
> Subject: install problem rh6.1
>
>
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > I am putting together a new Pentium II based machine (450 Mhz) with  a
> > 17 GB hard drive. I created two partitions both 8 or GB. primary dos is
> > c:\ and ext dos logical drive is d:\ with the remainder of the space. My
> > problem is when I begin the install of redhat 6.1 and get to the point
> > of creating ext2 partitions, I get stuck. I first delete the ext dos
> > partition, as I have done before, and then highlighting the remaining
> > /dev/hda1 I click add and create the swap partition successfully, then
> > when creating additional linux native partitions, I get the same error:
> > there is currently unallocated space, / partition is too large or some
> > such thing. This is a UDMA/66 (5400 RPM) drive on an ASUS P3B-F board.
> >
> > any ideas? I wrote previously about NFS installations on older machines;
> > I abandoned that for the time being and bought a CDROM and have
> > installed linux in this fashion. much more efficient.
> >  Thanks so much in advance.
> >
> > Nabeel
> > nkandah ipass net
> >
> >
> >
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