[KLUG Members] Install Problem

[John Bridleman]

* Alan DeJong (alan.dejong@wmich.edu) wrote:
> I am trying to install RedHat 7.1 (bsware 3.0) onto my HP system.  I used
> partition magic to resize my main partition but because the size of the
> drive already, i was not able to make the second partition before the 1024
> cylindar mark.  When i went to install Red Hat, it came up with the
> following error:
> 
> Failure Reason:  Boot partition > 1024 cylinders
> 
> And i didnt not try to go on from there.  If it matters or not, my other OS
> is Win 2000 pro.  So i guess my question is, do i have to resize my main
> partition to be under the 1024 cylinder mark? or is that error just a
> warning?  thanks you all in advance!

Being a newbie myself I have found this reference to be very valuable:
  http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie/index.htm

I quote from before installation section:
 "Another consideration when setting up the partitions. Many older BIOSes have the restriction that the boot partition cannot extend beyond the 1024th cylinder on your first physical hard drive.  To overcome this limitation, simply make the first (bootable) partition so that it ends before the cylinder number 1023 (this makes this partition max approximately 512 MB in size, which is plenty for the "/" root partition). Once Linux boots, the BIOS restriction does not matter any more because Linux takes over the hardware management and it can access the partition(s) beyond the cylinder number 1023."
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John Bridleman / john@bridleman.org