Re: install problem rh6.1

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I have a related question/problem. I have a RH 5.2 system installed and
> running on my 13G hda. The partitions run as /dev/hda1 -> /dosc [~7GB]
> /dev/hda2 -> / [3GB], /dev/hda3 -> swap [200MB], /dev/hda4 -> /home [rest].
> 
> So initially I tried installing LILO and it failed so I resort now to
> booting with loadlin. My question is this: Is there any utility/tool that
> I can get that will allow me to make a /boot and boot through LILO
> without having to destroy any of the data anywhere on the disk?

You neglected to mention what the cylinder boundaries are on those
partitions.  This is the key factor.  Check "fdisk -l".

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com