[plug] Problem with Lilo

[Christian Müller]

I would suggest getting a newer version of LILO, as they support disks 
larger than 1024 cylinders

C

At 18:36 27/09/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm in the process of trying to install an old 486 (DX2-66) system with
>Linux and X, to be given away by the Computer Angels group
>(http://www.ca.asn.au/).  I've done an  NFS install of slackware onto it,
>and that seems to have been installed without a problem... until it tried to
>install lilo, afer which it said that there was a problem, and to reboot.
>
>I used the slackware boot-disk to reboot the machine, and using the "mount
>root=/dev/hda2" kernel parameter, was able to bring the system up without
>having lilo installed on the hard-drive itself.
>
>I then created a lilo.conf file manually.  It consists of the following:
>
>boot = /dev/hda
>prompt
>timeout = 50
>vga = normal
>image = /boot/vmlinuz
>   root = /dev/hda2
>   label = linux
>   read-only
>
>
>I then ran the lilo command again, and got the following error message:
>
>     geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (2214 > 1023)
>
>Is there any way around this? Would breaking the drive into a number of
>smaller partions help?
>
>any assistance muchly appreciated
>
>thanks guys
>
>David Buddrige.