Re: LILO instalation

["Mark Broadbent" <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

Hello,

> I can' t install a LILO boot   to use Win98&Linux on the same machine.
> I try REDHAT 6.1 and SUSE 6.4 but dont works..install all patches but after
> reboot I dont have lilo prompt...only win98 loading.
> i think the problem is my hard drive(have 13GB) I see a warning when I try
> lilo from the root prompt: No of  cylinders >1600
> Anyone have a solution??

IIRC lilo can't see above 1024 cylinders when it boots.  The kernel image it uses has to entirely below 1024 to boot correctly.  On my system I have a 16Mb partition mounted as /boot near the beginning of the drive (ie below the 1024 cylinder mark) where my kernel images and System.map lie.
If your using Redhat, use Disk-druid to create a partition of about 16Meg with a mount point of /boot and see what that does.

I hope this solves your prob.
Mark


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