[olug] LILO trouble

[Nate Rotschafer]

Also note that GRUB and Norton Ghost do not like each other....AT ALL....in 
case you ghost your drive....

Nate


>From: "Gary" <mescie at cox.net>
>Reply-To: olug at olug.org
>To: <olug at olug.org>
>Subject: Re: [olug] LILO trouble
>Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 01:00:06 -0700
>
>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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