a few things

[Janina Sajka]

It means that some bios's still won't allow a boot above cylinder 1023. 
How big is Windows? 

On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Deedra Waters wrote:

> ponders I don't really don't understand what that means. we have linux on
> the second partision with windows on the first we gave linux 15 gigs
> to work with
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Holmes, Steve" <SAHolmes at ahcccs.state.az.us>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 11:54 AM
> Subject: RE: a few things
> 
> 
> > I wonder if your hard disk is too big.  I mean the disk being too large
> for
> > normal booting  Windows gets around it with kludges and Linux (after
> booting
> > can get around some of those issues without special kludges.  I think lilo
> > requires a starting address low enough to boot properly.
> >
> > Take a look at ide.txt in /usr/src/linux/Documentation for a brief
> > explanation of some of this hard disk geometry stuff.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Deedra Waters [mailto:dmwaters at tampabay.rr.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:25 PM
> > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > Subject: Re: a few things
> >
> >
> > we tried this and that didn't work. So we tried installing grub instead...
> > but then we got the error with windows. still not sure what we're missing.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kirk Wood" <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:02 AM
> > Subject: Re: a few things
> >
> >
> > > RE-install lilo. When it comes to the boot menu, pressing tab will give
> > > you the options. You must type in any option other then the
> > > default. The default will be marked with an astrick. You can change the
> > > default by editing lilo.conf found in /etc then running lilo from a
> > > command prompt.
> > >
> > > =======
> > > Kirk Wood
> > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> > >
> > > The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open.
> > > If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out.
> > >
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