Re: 1024 cylinder so far

[Travis Crump <pretzalz@techhouse.org>]

Mauro Romano Trajber wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have a 30GB HD and i decide install debian (with BF2.4 floppies) in the first partition.
> There is my HD now:
>
> device       Start cylinder        Ending cylinder     Size (MB)           FS
> hda1                 0                          1215                10,000        ReiserFS
> hda2              1215                        2431                10,000        FAT-32 LBA
> hda3              2431                        3586                  9,500        FAT-32 LBA
> Unused          3586                        3649                     500        Will be Swap
>
> hda1->No OS (yet)
> hda2->Win98
> hda3->No OS , only files
>
> The base system installation was finished successfully.
>
> Now the problem !
> When i try to make my system bootable ,LILO doenst install in MBR.
> The error msg "Your linux partition is above 1024 cylinder ...blablabla"
> Why?
> My Linux partition start at cylinder 0!

Even more curious is that my first partition that lilo cares about is at 
 cylinder 5296 and lilo works fine.  Shot in the dark, my first 
partition starts at 1, not 0.  Try that and see if it makes a difference...


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