/boot dir problems

[bigboss74]

I had my first attempt at installing Linux ( Red Hat 6.2 ) and received a strange error when it came to the partion section. I have a 10 GB hard drive with 5 other partitions. I freed up about 3GB for my 3 partitions I was going to use for Linux ( Swap, boot, root) I was able to create the swap partition using the Disk Druid, but when I get try to set up the boot partition I get an error stating the boot directory is too big. I had set it up with the recommended amount of 16MB. I am also running WIN 98 on primary. Any assistance would be great.

[michaelk]

Did you verify that you were really setting the size as 16M and not something else?

It might help if you post your intended partition information also.

[mdwatts]

With the version of Lilo included with Redhat 6.2, you will need to create the /boot partition within the first 1024 cylinders of your HD due to a limitation of the older Lilo versions.

Either that or leave out the /boot partition and install Lilo in the mbr.

I always prefer a separate /boot partition of which I install the Linux bootloader into and then set that as the active partition.

There should be a NHF on overcoming Lilo limitations.

Found it...

http://linuxnewbie.org/nhf/Booting_Your_OS/Overcoming_LILO_Dual_Boot_Problems.html

[bigboss74]

So would I have to move the whole Linux OS or can I just make space in the first 1024 for the 16MB for the /boot?

[michaelk]

Just the /boot partition needs to be under 1024.