LILO above cylinder 1024? Or a FREE alternative??? :)

[kapwfm]

I'm intending on installing Mandrake 7.2 on my system (downloading it from the Internet) alongside Win 98 and I was wondering if there was a version of LILO that would be able to read past the 1024 cylinder on my 13.6 gig hard drive. If there isn't a version of LILO that is able to handle this, is there another free alternative to a boot manager . . . or is this already covered in Mandrake 7.2? :) Any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

[demian]

Originally posted by kapwfm:
I was wondering if there was a version of LILO that would be able to read past the 1024 cylinder.
Yup, lilo >=21.3 can handle that. Get it here (ftp://sd.dynhost.com/pub/linux/lilo/) if it's not included in MD.

[The Whizzard]

Instead of using LILO use GRUB. It is the default boot manager for a normal install of MDK7.2.

[SCuSI]

I think by default Mandrake 7.2 will use the GRUB boot loader which doesn't have a cylinder limit. Anyway the newest versions of LILO aren't limited to booting partitions within a certain limit. I usually use Partition Magics' boot manager to dual boot and just install LILO to the root partion. Another option is to put the /boot partition within the cylinder limit and the other partitions can go where ever.

[Choozo]

You should have no problems with Mandrake there kapwfm. I've installed the 7.1 version to the last 5 GB on a 25 Gig disk without problems, so your 7.2 install on a 13.6 Gig disk should be painless :)

Chers!

[stu]

lba32
this is what you need to put in your lilo.conf file. Someone please correct me because I could be wrong. But this seemed to work for me.

[Jeepsta]

Stu: Thats exactly right. An install of Mandrake 7.2 SHOULD set this up correctly for you, but you never know.

[ph34r]

Of course, you could always use a boot floppy...