Re: Debian Parititioning Trouble
hi ya jake..
what is your partitions ?? * all of um * ???
typically i like to keep / at 64M or 128Mb range...
/ includes /boot ....
and other partitions are not as critical.... to installing and booting...
if your disk is say 20Gb or more... you might need to use "lba32"
in yur lilo config options...
- there are also "big disks jumper" options oyu might need to set
on the disk drives
- what are the specifics of your lilo.conf and fstab and disk drive
- everybody has their little rules and policies of how they like
the disks partitioned ...
have fun
alvin
http://www.Linux-1U.net/Installation/partition.gwif.html
On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 JakeCatfox@aol.com wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a machine I just built to run Debian. It installs fine,
> but LILO says it cannot install itself on the hard disk due to an error, (I
> forgot what it says precisely, but it says this is a common problem with
> disks over 500mb.) It suggests making a /boot partition at the start of the
> disk, but I do not understand how to do that. I tried installing it in the
> root partition's boot sector and writing an MBR, but the system can't find
> the OS when I boot with it that way.
>
> Does anyone know what I should do?
>
> Thanks,
> Deven G.
>
>
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