--- Darrin Chandler wrote: > Kenneth wrote: > > >>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. > > > > > > > > I *have* had this problem. Creating a 10MB /boot up front will save tons > of headaches. Even though newer BIOS's have made the bootable area > *much* larger, hard drives have gotten larger yet. On the downside of > creating a /boot partition... oh, yeah, there's no downside. > The only downside was if you needed to make several partitions, and didn't have room in the partition table to add the boot. __________________________________ 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