[techtalk] RH 7
Conor Daly
conor.daly at oceanfree.net
Fri Sep 29 01:05:40 EST 2000
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:54:11PM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
-sjh- thought:
> Phil wrote:
>
> > As this is now out, does anyone have any information as to whether this
> > release will support an install higher than the 1023 limit as does
> > Mandrake 7.0?
>
> The 1023 cylinder limit was eliminated in lilo 21.5, which you should be
> able to compile on any version of any linux distribution.
>
> -Sally
And anyway, the 1024 limit allpies *only* to the boot partition where the
kernel resides. If you make a small partition below that and mount it as
"/boot" all should go well.
--
Conor Daly <conor.daly at oceanfree.net>
Domestic Sysadmin :-)
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