Re: install problem rh6.1

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Paul Brandariz x6546 wrote:
> 
> Does the whole partition have to reside before the 1024 cylinder limit
> or just the beggining of the partition ? Does anyone know ?

It's good to say "the whole thing", although technically, that isn't
true.  What is true is that if your kernel's image physically resides
(in whole or in part) beyond the 1023rd cylinder, LILO won't be able
to find it.

Now, since you cannot control where within the partition a file
may be written, it is a good idea to keep the whole partition
under the limit.  Cross-limit partitions frequently work at first,
but then when upgraded or recompiled suddenly stop booting.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com