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Re: Weird Linux problem
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Moshe Davis wrote:
>
> The physical CHS is 6256/16/63, but it is reported as a "logical"
> geometry of 782/128/63. See /usr/src/Linux-2.0/Document/ide.txt
> where it is stated that kernels 1.1.39 and higher "shift" two bits
> from the cylinder# field to the head# field automatically in order
> to avoid the INT13 BIOS limitation of 1024 cylinders. (LILO uses the
> INT13 interface to load the kernel at boot.)
> Could be that your BIOS doesn't support this kind of drive
> translation. Or maybe try reinstalling the kernel. The above
> mentioned document lists other solutions also.
Come on, Phoenix BIOS for an Atlanta Pentium II board really knows how to
detect drives.
> I have a second HD (Seagate 1.6G) with three DOS6.22 partitions (was
> once 1st HD). This HD is now hdb. I wanted to also be able to boot
> this drive from LILO by adding to /etc/lilo.conf :
> other=/dev/hdb1
> label=dos
> loader=/boot/any_d.b
> table=/dev/hdb
> and updating /sbin/lilo . But when I try to boot dos through LILO,
> I get the friendly message:
I though DOS can't boot and operate unless it boots from the 1st partition
of the primary master drive, am I wrong ?
--Ariel
> ---
> Moshe Davis
> <davis@sefer.org>
>
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