LILO requires FAT partitions in strategic places ?

[Hugo Rabson <hugo rabson zetnet co uk>]

Has anyone noticed if their system likes what mine likes:-

- for the last extended partition on the hard drive to be FAT
- for the primary partition to be FAT
- for the Linux partitions to be created in their actual order on the disk
(i.e. first extended partition created first, second created second, etc.)

Otherwise, LILO doesn't work for me.

Hugo

On 04-Jan-99 Jan Carlson wrote:
> Michael George wrote:
>> 
>> I've seen several postings about some disks not being fully utilized
>> because
>> they are too big for the current kernel.  However, I don't recall anyone
>> drawing obvious distinctions between IDE and SCSI disks.
>> 
>> My question is this: Is this 8.4Gb limitation only w.r.t. IDE disks, or
>> does
>> it also affect SCSI disks also?  I'm thinking there's a chance that SCSI
>> disks
>> do not suffer this limitation...
> 
> These limitations are not in Linux or the kernel.
> They are in the motherboard, IDE or SCSI BIOS chips.
> 
> There are several different kinds of limitations,
> associated with various hardware combinations.
> 
> Many of the limitations can be overcome by using
> a "disk manager" program that installs in the MBR
> of the first disk.  Seagate's website has one
> that seems to be compatible with Linux.
> 
> Jan Carlson
> janc iname com   Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Date: 05-Jan-99         Time: 09:33:47
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