[ltp] getting beyond the 8-Gbyte limit

[tom]

50MB???  Try 10MB or even 5MB.  That should be plenty to carry at
least two kernels.
Jay Salmonson wrote:
> 
> I just installed RH7.0 on my 770z and had the same problem.  Eventhough the
> latest version of lilo (which I use) supposedly doesn't have this limitation,
> the
> barrier still exists on bootup, perhaps in BIOS.  The best solution is to make
> a
> small (~50Mb, or much less if you know you are never going to add new kernels)
> linux partition residing entirely below cylinder 1024 (8Gb) and make that your
> "/boot" partition where your kernel is installed.  Then it won't matter where
> the rest of the Linux partitions are located.  Maybe you could squeeze this
> partition in
> somewhere.
> 
> I found the "large hard-drive" how-to very useful on this topic.
> 
> Good luck,
> Jay
> 
> David Newman wrote:
> 
> > Am looking to install Linux on my T21 (2647-67U) in a dual-boot config with
> > Windows 2000, and need help in getting past the 8-Gbyte barrier.
> >
> > This machine has a 10G drive, and currently I have two partitions for W2K:
> >
> > 6.9 Gbytes (7,416,266,752 bytes) for the OS
> > 768 Mbytes (805,044,224 bytes) I added as a W2K swap partition
> >
> > This total puts me over 8 Gbytes. I've tried to install both RH 6.2 and 7.0
> > in the remaining space, but in both cases LILO complains about being over
> > the 1024 cylinder limit.
> >
> > Is there any way to dual-boot without moving partitions around? Or is the
> > 8-Gbyte limit a fixed one? I have heard this is a BIOS limitation, but maybe
> > limits exist to be exceeded. :)
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > dn
> >
> 
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