Re: Buggy old PROMs

[Pierre Roussel <roussel@cena.fr>]

Si, si, le 22 mar, Jakub Jelinek a vraiment ecrit:

>
> Where is the partition with /etc/silo.conf and kernel located on the
disk?
> If it crosses the magic boundary 1GB from start of the disk or is
above it,
> then you really cannot do that with old PROMs.
> Installer should make sure the /boot partition or / if no /boot
partition is
> present is located completely below 1GB.
> Only PROM in Ultra boxes is able to read from anywhere on the disk...

My / partition which contains /etc and /boot has a size of 2GB.
If I create a little /boot partition at the beginning of the disk, will
it work ?

 Pierre

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