Linux and 80GB hdds; how large can hda1 be and still boot off hda2?

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi Lee,

I'd think the most significant hurtle would be your computer's BIOS.  If the
computer's BIOS is obsolete, you might be able to perform a FLASH upgrade.
If it is more obsolete than that (you can't FLASH it to something more up to
date) then you'll be stuck with the 1024 cylinder limit...  As I understand
things, if the boot partition is within this 1024 cylinder limit, either
Grub or Lilo can boot from it, then the Kernel loads and can handle the
large drive translation your BIOS can't perform.  The question is, what
happens in Windows with such a dual-boot configuration?  Can it even be done
if Windows must boot outside the first 1024 cylinders?  And, if so, does any
version of Windows have the capability to perform the large drive
translation work that the BIOS won't perform?

Thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Einer" <appealsman@cox.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: Linux and 80GB hdds; how large can hda1 be and still boot off
hda2?


> 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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