Linux and 80GB hdds; how large can hda1 be and still boot of…

I encountered problems with Lilo installing a partition outside the
first 1024 cylinders when installing Mandrake 8.2, so it it not just
older versions of Lilo that are limited in this respect. My problems
were solved when I switched to Grub.

Lee Einer

George Toft wrote:

>lilo-21.7.5-21
>
>The motherboard is from 2000, I think.
>
>George
>
>
>Kevin Brown wrote:
>
>>Booting with Grub or Lilo? I thought the 1024 cylinder limit was in older
>>versions of Lilo/Older MB Bioses that couldn't see a drive that large?
>>
>>>I just installed a 120GB drive today. As long as your boot partition is
>>>within the forst 1024 cylinders, you're OK.
>>>

>>>Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
>>>/dev/hda8            103999800  31121960  67594868  32% /
>>>/dev/hda5                15493      3426     11267  24% /boot
>>>/dev/hda7             10325748    749704   9051524   8% /var

>>>
>>>? Linux and 80GB hdds; how large can hda1 be and still boot off hda2?
>>>?
>>>? I want to order a new 80gig hdrive for my new Epox KT333 mobo.
>>>? Usually I dual boot, so is there a problem if RH8 or Debian uses the last
>>>? 20GB of the hdd?
>>>
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