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"ced" <ced@mail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have tried Mandrake 7.1 until now and I would like to switch to Redhat
> 6.2.
> Mandrake can be installed wherever we want because there is no more "1024
> cylinder" limitation... but what about Redhat 6.2??!
>
> Thanks for any information!
>
> ced


It's not because of Mandrake 7.1 that you are able to eliminate the 1024
limitation, except for the fact that Mandrake includes the GRUB boot
utility.  I would suppose that you could install GRUB and get similar
results in Redhat 6.2.
>

!! "Dale" == Dale  <dalem@usol.com> writes:

  Dale> "ced" <ced@mail.com> wrote in message
  Dale> news:399a9651$0$12145@bru5-newsr2.be.uu.net...
  >> I have tried Mandrake 7.1 until now and I would like to switch to Redhat
  >> 6.2.  Mandrake can be installed wherever we want because there is no more
  >> "1024 cylinder" limitation... but what about Redhat 6.2??!

  Dale> It's not because of Mandrake 7.1 that you are able to eliminate the
  Dale> 1024 limitation, except for the fact that Mandrake includes the GRUB
  Dale> boot utility.  I would suppose that you could install GRUB and get
  Dale> similar results in Redhat 6.2.

Doesn't matter whether you use GRUB or LILO on Mandrake 7.1 - the LILO version
is recent enough to have the extensions to access beyond the 1024th
cylinder. To use Redhat 6.2 and a boot partition beyond the 1024 cylinder,
first build a lilo.conf that writes to /dev/fda (i.e. to floppy!) and use that
to get started. Then get the latest LILO rpm from rawhide (it must be at least
version 21.3) and install that. Switch the lilo.conf to use /dev/hda (or
whatever harddrive you wish to boot from) and away you go.

From the lilo stuff on Freshmeat:

"Lilo is capable of booting beyond cylinder 1024 of a hard disk if the BIOS
supports EDD packet call extensions to the int 0x13 interface."



--

Toby Haynes
The views and opinions expressed in this message are my own, and do
not necessarily reflect those of IBM Canada.

Hi,
No, Redhat has the 1024 cyclinder limit so you'll need a boot partition.

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Steve
"ced" <ced@mail.com> wrote in message
news:399a9651$0$12145@bru5-newsr2.be.uu.net...
> Hi,
>
> I have tried Mandrake 7.1 until now and I would like to switch to Redhat
> 6.2.
> Mandrake can be installed wherever we want because there is no more "1024
> cylinder" limitation... but what about Redhat 6.2??!
>
> Thanks for any information!
>
> ced
>
>

RH 6.2 used the older Lilo, the one that requires a / partition below
1023.

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 15:25:36 +0200, "ced" <ced@mail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have tried Mandrake 7.1 until now and I would like to switch to Redhat
>6.2.
>Mandrake can be installed wherever we want because there is no more "1024
>cylinder" limitation... but what about Redhat 6.2??!
>
>Thanks for any information!
>
>ced
>
>

Are you sure about that?  I seem to recall it
requires /boot there but / can be anywhere.

RayZ wrote:
>
> RH 6.2 used the older Lilo, the one that requires a / partition below
> 1023.
>
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 15:25:36 +0200, "ced" <ced@mail.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have tried Mandrake 7.1 until now and I would like to switch to Redhat
> >6.2.
> >Mandrake can be installed wherever we want because there is no more "1024
> >cylinder" limitation... but what about Redhat 6.2??!
> >
> >Thanks for any information!
> >
> >ced
> >
> >