From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pony.its.uwo.ca ([129.100.2.63]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15fbzI-0005uy-00 for ; Sat, 08 Sep 2001 02:53:08 -0400 Received: from joana.gotss.net (joana.gotss.net [203.53.231.66]) by pony.its.uwo.ca (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f87378m17999 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 23:07:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from kerry by joana.gotss.net with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15fBtj-0000je-00 for ; Fri, 07 Sep 2001 11:01:39 +0800 Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:01:39 +0800 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: a few things Message-ID: <20010907110139.B2798@joana.gotss.net> References: <20010906180755.G835@linserver.megsinet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010906180755.G835@linserver.megsinet.net>; from romualt@megsinet.net on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 06:07:55PM -0500 From: Kerry Hoath Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Sigh. If your BIOS has int13 LBA extentions and you are running lilo 21 or later; (Debian Potato ships with this) you are not restricted to the 1024 cylinder boundary if you are booting Linux and LILO is in the mbr. You can't boot windows past the 2gig mark; that's a bug in the dos boot sector. On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 06:07:55PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Yes, this is correct. > I speak from personal experience. > You can get arround by creating a root partition from which lilo can boot. > This partition absolutely cannot exceed the maxium boot drive size required by your bios. > Greg > > -- -- Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net alternatives: kerry@gotss.eu.org or kerry@gotss.spice.net.au ICQ UIN: 8226547