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Re: ylinder number is too big problem
- To: Moshe Ashkenazi <moshea(at-nospam)checkpoint.com>
- Subject: Re: ylinder number is too big problem
- From: Miki Shapiro <aris(at-nospam)pharoe.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 15:07:31 +0200 (IST)
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Moshe Ashkenazi wrote:
> 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)
Yes.
Your lilo is an old version that can't boot from > 1024 partitions.
Solutions:
1. Upgrade lilo
or
2. Create a "boot" partition that mounts on /boot where you keep your map,
kernel and whatever else, boot it from there, and mount the big 30 gig
partition as /
Cheers.
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Moshe Ashkenazi wrote:
> 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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