[olug] LILO trouble

[Gary]

Hi

I'm using mandrake 8.1.I've thought about using a /boot partition but I saw
no reason too until now :) How big would you recommend I make it?
    I've seen the LILO vs Grub debate on this list.Grub sounds nice but I'd
like to learn to use LILO first.I guess I'm bullheaded when it comes to
wanting to be able to use some things :)


        Thanks,Gary


----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Walter <waltern at iivip.com>
To: <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] LILO trouble


> Hmmm, you didn't mention which distribution of Linux you are using, so I
> can't give installer-specific advice.  What I usually do to avoid problems
> like this with Red Hat Linux is a /boot partition.  I make sure that's the
> first partiton created and right at the front of the drive.  Make sure
Lilo
> and the kernel are in that partition and they should be within your
cylinder
> limit.  Then you can have the rest of your partitions spread across the
rest
> of the drive.
>
> If you are willing to switch distros or download additional components,
I'd
> recommend using GRUB instead of LILO.  GRUB is smarter than LILO and not
as
> constrained.
>
> Nick Walter
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary" <mescie at cox.net>
> To: "olug" <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 1:59 AM
> Subject: [olug] LILO trouble
>
>
> I have 2 HDD's.A 5 Gig windows (master) and a 20 Gig linux (secondary)
with
> a 150 MB / partition a 250 Mb /home and a 250 Mb /var partition a 8.5 Gig
> /usr partition and 127 Mb swap partition.My problem is that LILO won't
> appear at all because it's not within the 1023 cylinder limit,my cylinder
is
> set at 2034.I've used this setup before and LILO liked it just fine.I've
> reinstalled linux 3 times in 7 days trying to get LILO to work,with no
luck
> of course.I've tried to set my cylinder to 1023 and lower in my BIOS but
> when I do the total HDD size  decreases dramatically to like 5 Gig (from
20
> Gig).Is there another was to change my cylinder situation?
>
>
>                 Thank you,Gary
>
>
>
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