Re: >8GB drive partitioning

[Tom Pfeifer <tpfeifer@snet.net>]

Branden Robinson wrote:
> 
> That limitation applies to lilo but not to loadlin.
> 
> Observe:
> 
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda3             3.8G  3.1G  492M  86% /
> /dev/hda1             2.0G  1.4G  563M  72% /mnt/windows95
> 
> (/dev/hda2 is swap, and sits between these two).
> 
> My root partition doesn't start until after 2 gigs into the drive,
> which is well past the 1024th cylinder.
> 
> I use loadlin to boot with no trouble.
> 
OK good to know. I don't use loadlin much and have never tried to boot
with it beyond 1024 - which is why I qualified it with a wavering  "I
believe" 

Tom