[H-GEN] Dual Booting WinNT/RH6.2 with a dash of SCSI

[Frank Brand]

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> When I read this I had to let out a great 'D'Oh!'. Linux fdisk did
> actually warn me about this but I paid it no attention because one of my
> workmates had assured me 'ignore it, it doesn't matter' and we both
> thought this was an old BIOS limitation rather than a LILO limitation.
>
> I have since repartitioned with /boot within the 1024 boundary and all is
> well.
>
> The moral of the story is to always pay attention to warnings even when
> they have not given you any problems before.
>

Yes, that one they mean. I believe that the latest versions of Linux either
support or are about to support booting from any size disk...ie partitions
greater than 1024 cylinders. So the old 1024 limit will no longer exist.

Frank Brand


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