On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 01:35:32AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1401 cylinders
> >
> > I dont have a problem with disks greater than 1024 cylinders.
> > BTW its some older BIOS's that have this problem, not lilo.
>
> # lilo
> Warning: device 0x0306 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
> geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (1563 > 1023)
> #
>
> The BIOS is quite recent Award 4.51PG from a Gigabyte BX2000 motherboard.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Enable LBA in your BIOS. I realize many BIOSes say that for unix you need
to disable LBA but that really only applies to SCO which is broken.
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