RE: linux + win95: linux boot partition/
On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Richardson,Anthony wrote:
>
> The 1024 problem is a very "real" one.
Yes, I agree it is. However, Hamish was commenting on a
posting that referred to SCSI drives, not IDE ones.
Unfortunately he had pruned the quotation so much that
all references to SCSI had disappeared. So the remainder
(quoted immediately below) gave a very misleading impression,
particularly the last statement made in a separate and
unqualified paragraph.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hamish Moffatt [SMTP:hamish@debian.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 9:37 PM
> To: p.meidl; debian-user
> Subject: Re: linux + win95: linux boot partition/
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 06:42:19PM +0000, Patrick Meidl wrote:
> > after reading the relevant FAQs, HowTOs, installation instructions etc.
>
> > I recognized that all bootable partitions must start before the 1024th
> > cylinder (I would like to use LILO), so I thought the best solution
> > might be to have these partitions:
>
> With LBA this appears to be incorrect. I have previously had systems
> booting Linux from the last 500mb of a 1.6gb drive; the 1024 limit
> only takes you to 528mb or so. I boot NT 2gb into a 6gb drive; no
> problem.
>
> I have never encountered any 1024 cylinder problem with Linux. I wish
> the documentation would not keep spreading these ideas.
>
> Hamish
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