[Nelug] REDHAT 8.0 & Win2000

Andy agr at ntlworld.com
Wed Jan 29 17:42:02 UTC 2003


Isn't there a switch you can give LILO, something like linear? (have a
search on google for the 1024 cylinder problem)

----- Original Message -----
From: <K.E.Vorloou at durham.ac.uk>
To: <nelug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Cc: <lee.quick at ntlworld.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Nelug] REDHAT 8.0 & Win2000


> I believe you are right....
>
> It makes no sense though when Mandrake does the job with Lilo
> properly (even on the MBR) and Red Hat has a problem......
>
> The installation procedure reported that there were some problems
> with my hard disk (the usual message about the cylinders and that
> Linux may not function properly etc. etc.) but I installed lilo "properly"
> and still it doesn't work. Could it be that Red Hat does not see NTFS
> partitions and that the Kernel should be modified in order to do so ?
> (whereas Mandrake has no problem)
>
> Best,
> Costas
>
>
> Bets regards,
> Costas
>
> On 29 Jan 2003 at 0:42, lee wrote:
>
> > :) yup been there,i personally build a system designed to work
> > flawlessly as a linux box then if windows works thats a bonus hehe....
> >
>
>
>
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