[jharrison]

Can someone please explain to me in english the whole 1024 cylinder limit thing with Linux? I have a 12gig hard drive and want to partition it correctly so that I don't get the 1024 limit error upon installing Linux. Where is the 1024 cylinder limit on a hard drive?

What I'd like to do is have a C: partition (Primary, active FAT32) for Win98SE 2 gigs large, D: partition (Extended, Logical FAT32) for Windows data/programs 7 gigs large, and then the rest for Linux partitions (about 3 gigs).

Does Linux need to install anything on the C: partition above during its install, and if so can it do that on a FAT32 partition instead of FAT? If the C: partition has to be FAT it's not a problem.

Any help with these questions would be appreciated.

[MikeV]

As long as you have the newest version of LILO (exact version number eludes me, but most distros should have iimplemented it by now) you won't need to worry about teh 1024 Cyl limit.

The issue with old version basically was because LILO wouln't boot a Linux partition that was past physical cyl. 1024 on the hard disk. It could be fixed by 1) Not installing LILO to the MBR, 2) Installing LILO to the Superblock of your linux partition, or 3) Using a boot disk.

-M