[techtalk] SMP kernels and ISO images ...

[Brian Sweeney]

'lo all-

> Hi Julie,
>
> You may want to try installing RH 6.1 with a 20 Meg /boot
> partition at the
> head of the drive before the 1023 cyl limit.  This may help with
> the install.
>
>

Wait, but doesn't lba32 solve this problem, making the cylinder limit
irrelevant?  That's what I'd thought...

I had a user install a 60G drive onto a 6.0 machine that refused to see any
more than 24G (why 24?  Dunno...I would've thought 20...).  In any case, I
suggested he at least update the kernel (it was still running the out-of-box
2.2.5-15 version).  When he did, he was able to see 53G (Again, where is
this number coming from?  Any ideas?).  Apparently he's happy with that and
not worrying about it now, but I was still curious.

Of course, he's also using the 6.0 version of lilo (I don't remember what
this is), so he doesn't have the lba32 option.

Hmmm...this is turning more into "other questions" than a responsive
post...time to make a new thread I think...

-Brian
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Brian Sweeney
bsweeney at physics.ucsb.edu

"The life expectancy of an unpatched, default installation of Red Hat 6.2
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