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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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