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RE: ylinder number is too big problem
- To: "Mevorach, Assaf" <assaf.mevorach(at-nospam)intel.com>
- Subject: RE: ylinder number is too big problem
- From: Ariel Biener <ariel(at-nospam)fireball.tau.ac.il>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 13:37:40 +0200 (IST)
- cc: "'Moshe Ashkenazi'" <moshea(at-nospam)checkpoint.com>, linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Mevorach, Assaf wrote:
> I think it is related to the fact that lilo cant work on HarDisks that has
> more than 1024 cylinders.
> lilo just cant jump that far.
That is incorrect. Use a newer version of Lilo, and make sure to add the
`lba32' word in the lilo.conf global section.
--Ariel
> if you wish to use lilo for multiple boot loading I recommend you to use
> GRUB, it comes as standard in Caldera' s dist's but you can get it / read
> about it at:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub.en.html
> or
> http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub
>
> Assaf
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Moshe Ashkenazi [mailto:moshea@checkpoint.com]
> > Sent: Tue, April 03, 2001 12:50 PM
> > To: linux-il@linux.org.il
> > Subject: ylinder number is too big problem
> >
> >
> > HI, List -
> >
> > I have on my RH 6.2 a 30GB HardDrive, every time that I'm doing lilo
> > i'm getting the following error message:
> >
> > geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (2154 > 1023)
> >
> > Does anyone knows what is the problem ?
> >
> >
> >
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