Re: Installing RH in > 1024 cylinders

["Alex Choi" <choialex bigpond com>]

try removing the "linear" line and add "lba32" to to first line of the
lilo.conf
it worked for my IBM ATA100 30G HDD

----- Original Message -----
From: "R.S.I. van Vuren Via wanadoo" <rsi vanvuren wanadoo nl>
Newsgroups: linux.redhat.install
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: Installing RH in > 1024 cylinders


> How can i amend my linux.conf ?
> Can i do that with a normal text editor in windows?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ted Gervais <ve1drg fox nstn ca>
> Newsgroups: linux.redhat.install
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 8:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Installing RH in > 1024 cylinders
>
>
> > On Friday 16 March 2001 10:13, you wrote:
> > > I installed RH7 on a HD of 20-GB.
> > > I partitioned to 12-GB on the first part and installed W98. Then I
> > > installed RH7 as second OS and make it as dual boot.
> > > After installation finished, when the computer reboot it start the W98
> and
> > > there was no option to choose Linux/Windows.
> > > Then I boot using the boot disket then to repair the lilo by typing #
> > > /sbin/lilo but come up with a message:
> > >
> > > Warning: device 0x0302 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> > > Fatal: sector 29701770 too large for linear mode (try 'lba32' instead)
> > >
> > > What should I do?
> > >
> > Amend your Lilo.conf file. Take out 'linear'. Then  run Lilo
  "lilo -L".
> > That will do it.
> >
> > >
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