[ale] ATTN ! Jerry Yu Re: LILO warning; device 0x0302 > 1023 cyls, huh ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Jerry,

Thank you for your reply.

Why do you recommend GRUB over LILO, please ?

I did an "fdisk /dev/hda" and have discovered that the
partition table's boundaries are wrong, i.e. they overlap
and are wrong sized.

1 overlaps 2, 
2 overlaps 3, 
3 overlaps 5, and 
5 overlaps 6.
Also, logical 5 not entirely in 4.

The original layout [in MB], in which all was well, was:

    Minor    Start        End             Type        Filesys    Size

    /            .031        1968,75        primary    ext2        1968.719
    /boot    1968.75    3971.46        primary    ext2        2002.71
    /var       3971.46    5940.21       primary    ext2        1968.749
    [ext]      5940.211  8063.50       extended                 2123.296
    /misc    5940.242  7908.96       logical      ext2        1968.718
    swap    7908.992  8063.507     logical      linux-swap 154.515

How can I change MB to cylinders, so that I can change the existing
configuration back to the original, as above indicated in MB  ?

I am assuming that after translating the above table to cylinders, that I can
then alter the existing layout using fdisk, to return the disk to it's original
pattern, hence reenabling LILO.

Appreciatively,
Courtney


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jerry Yu 
  To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts 
  Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 9:54 PM
  Subject: Re: [ale] LILO warning; device 0x0302 > 1023 cyls, huh ?


  use GRUB if possible.
  if not, (if my memory serves)

    a.. enable LBA for the HD in BIOS and/or inside lilo.conf. 
    b.. Or, make sure / partition is under 1024 cylinder.


  On 12/8/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
    I'm trying to run lilo on a "rebuilt" HD and the subject message is the
    error I'm getting and hence lilo won't install.

    How do I cure this, please ?

    Thanks once more,

    Courtney

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