Re: install problem rh6.1

[Paul Brandariz x6546 <brandari lore kla-tencor com>]

Kevin Colby wrote:
> 
> 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
> 

Thank you sir..
That is what I suspected..
I planned to re-partition with /boot having  being a separate parttion of 
20M ( a little on the high side ;-) ) under the 1024 cylinder.


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