Help on LINUX(RH 6.2) installation on 20GB HDD

[thaneboy]

After looking at LINUX HOWTO & from some advice from ANANDTECH guys , i came to know that there is some linux problem on something above 8GB hdd. The HOWTO 's solution is confusing as(FROM HOWTO)
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"This problem is very easily solved: make sure that the kernel (and perhaps other files used during bootup, such as LILO map files) are located on a partition that is entirely contained in the first 1024 cylinders of a disk that the BIOS can access - probably this means the first or second disk. "

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Could anyone point me exactly what it means & or simply tell me the HDD partition i can keep.

Current STATUS--->
7Gb FAT32 ACTIVE
9.77Gb FAT32 ..
something around 2.xxGB remains free for LINUX.
Please tell me the linux partitions to make.

 

[Sebastian]

you need either a "/boot" partition at the begining of the harddisk or you need to have a boot image on a floppy and start up linux with the floppy, go online then download the new lilo which has this problem solved. Find lilo at http://www.freshmeat.net and searching "lilo".

For you right now concidering you are a newbie i suggest you just have a "/boot" at the beginnning of your drive.

 

[thaneboy]

Thanks for your suggetion , will try it!

 

[thaneboy]

More suggetions are welcomed.

 

[brewty]

actually, all you need to do (isn't as easy as it sounds to a newbie) is to update your lilo to the newest lilo and use the lba32 option in lilo.conf.
OR you can continue using whatever lilo you're already using, and create a small boot partition at the begining of the disk and store your boot files on there (if it's at the beginning of the disk, it'll be <1024 cylinders, that is if it's not a huge partition)...