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I just encountered a serious problem booting linux (Slakware, kernel 1.2.9)
via LILO on i486 with an AMI BIOS from 92 that doesn't support LBA for disks

Quote:> 1GB.

LILOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....
and so on.

Well, it seems that the MBR is wrecked which is not really a big problem.

My question is, wether this problem may be due to the fact that even the root
partition resides on a cylinder > 1024. Or in other words, will I be able to
boot the system via LILO in the MBR when I create a tiny root partition below
cyl. 1024 leaving the /usr and /swap partitions beyond cyl. 1024? Or is there
anything else which I forgot?
As booting from floppy worked, it seems that the acess to these partitions is
given, once the kernel is booted sucessfully (at least that's my imagination
of what happens ;).

Thanx for your help...

Michael

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: My question is, wether this problem may be due to the fact that even the root
: partition resides on a cylinder > 1024. Or in other words, will I be able to
: boot the system via LILO in the MBR when I create a tiny root partition below
: cyl. 1024 leaving the /usr and /swap partitions beyond cyl. 1024? Or is there
: anything else which I forgot?
: As booting from floppy worked, it seems that the acess to these partitions is
: given, once the kernel is booted sucessfully (at least that's my imagination
: of what happens ;).

Yes.  (Probably to all questions :-))

[Your swap partition is not called /swap.  What needs to be below 1024 is the
kernel image and the auxiliary files LILO uses, often found in /boot.]