Kenneth wrote: >--- Bupkus wrote: > > > >>Well, I tried a different computer and after the initial/partial install >>(where you boot to the hard drive for the first time) after installing >>suse 9.3 I get the following: >> >>Grub Loading stage1.5 >>GRUB loading, please wait >>Error 18 >> >> >> > >>From list of errors in grub info page: >18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS > This error is returned when a read is attempted at a linear block > address beyond the end of the BIOS translated area. This generally > happens if your disk is larger than the BIOS can handle (512MB for > (E)IDE disks on older machines or larger than 8GB in general). > >I never had this problem so never worried about it, but this is the reason >many people create a small partition for /boot, that resides near the front >of the disk. > > > > >__________________________________ >Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 >http://mail.yahoo.com >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > Yes, thanks, I forgot. However, if you place / as the first partition will that do? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss