[plug] Trouble with LILO....

[Leon Brooks]

Mike Holland wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, David Campbell wrote:
> > What Linux and BIOS think the HDD is configured is two different
> > things. The problem is that:
> >       a) Old BIOSes do not understand LBA (Linux does)
> >       b) LILO requires BIOS calls to load the info

> David, so if i put an LBA disk into an old PC, can I get LILO to boot
> off the hdd? (assuming the kernel etc are below 1024 cyl's in normal mode)

Set it up in non-LBA mode, put a small (few megabytes, I usually make it
5-10) partition at the front named /boot and cross the "linear mode" box
for luck.

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