LILO Alternative?

[M3shuggah]

Is there an alternative to LILO that doesn't have the cylinder limitations?

[fancypiper]

There are other linux loaders such as grub and loadlin and possibly others. I use a later version of lilo (lilo-0.21) and there is no cylinder limitation.

Upgrade!

[M3shuggah]

Thanks

[fancypiper]

Here is my /etc/lilo.conf for an example.

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
default=windows
lba32

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda4
append="hdd=ide-scsi"

other=/dev/hda1
label=windows


The lba32 has to be included in your /etc/lilo.conf to tell Linux you have a large hard drive.

Don't forget to run /sbin/lilo after editing your /etc/lilo.conf file.