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

[David Duffy]

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At 02:26 PM 31/08/00 +1000, you wrote:
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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.
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> > I have since repartitioned with /boot within the 1024 boundary and all is
> > well.
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> > The moral of the story is to always pay attention to warnings even when
> > they have not given you any problems before.
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>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.
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>Frank Brand

Whoo Hoo !  Great!
I still haven't put RH6.2 onto the 13GB drive at home - think I will wait.
That will be much better than shuffling the Windows stuff around.
Regards...

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