[aclug-L] Re: LI problem...

[Maverick Ieong <mluvw47@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Jeff,
   Thanks for your answer. 
If you were me, how would you partition the 20G drive
in my case to make linux and windows work?



         Regards,
                      Mav







--- Jeff Schaller <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Maverick Ieong wrote:
> 
> >   I try to to install Redhat 6.2 on a 20G IDE
> drive: 
> > 
> >   Here is the partitions:
> >   hda1    4G (Primiary) Win32-FAT
> >          16G (Extended) 
> >   inside 16G it gots
> >         Rest (logical) linux native  /
> > 
> >   The redhat linux complete install, we put the
> lilo
> > on the 4G MBR, and try to bootup and it stops on
> "LI".
> 
> 
> You ran into this because ...
> 
> 
> > Luckly I created a boot disk at the end of
> > installation. So I can boot up using floppy and
> got to
> > linux. And just re-run the /sbin/lilo, and it
> > generates
> > 
> > >...execeed 1024 cyclinder
> 
> ... of this.  Lilo needs to find the kernel in the
> first 1024 cylinders.  Stick with the boot floppy
> you have, unless you want to repartition &
> reinstall.
> 
> -jeff
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