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>    I want to use 3000mb for Redhat 6.1. I started the 6.1 cd by setting
>the
>bios to boot on the cd. The Redhat install came up and I chose custom
>installation. I have tried to add partitions using the add button but,
>it keeps rejecting the partitions that I want to add. I tried to add
>a 16mb /boot partition and it said too big. It did allow me to add
>a 256mb <swap> partition, but I can't add other partitions. What ever
>I try to add, it says "partition too big". I was initially planning to
>use
>a boot floppy so I assume that the 1024 cylinder limit wouldn't come
>into play under those conditions. I believe that the program in the
>install
>that does the partitioning is Disk Druid. Could it be that there is a
>bug
>in it? I am at a loss at what to do at this point.

>    I want to use 3000mb for Redhat 6.1. I started the 6.1 cd by setting
>the
>bios to boot on the cd. The Redhat install came up and I chose custom
>installation. I have tried to add partitions using the add button but,
>it keeps rejecting the partitions that I want to add. I tried to add
>a 16mb /boot partition and it said too big. It did allow me to add
>a 256mb <swap> partition, but I can't add other partitions. What ever
>I try to add, it says "partition too big".

> >    I want to use 3000mb for Redhat 6.1. I started the 6.1 cd by
setting
> >the
> >bios to boot on the cd. The Redhat install came up and I chose custom
> >installation. I have tried to add partitions using the add button
but,
> >it keeps rejecting the partitions that I want to add. I tried to add
> >a 16mb /boot partition and it said too big. It did allow me to add
> >a 256mb <swap> partition, but I can't add other partitions. What ever
> >I try to add, it says "partition too big". I was initially planning
to
> >use
> >a boot floppy so I assume that the 1024 cylinder limit wouldn't come
> >into play under those conditions. I believe that the program in the
> >install
> >that does the partitioning is Disk Druid. Could it be that there is a
> >bug
> >in it? I am at a loss at what to do at this point.

> I don't use RH, but I assume that Disk Druid is just trying to keep
you out
> of trouble by ensuring that the entire boot partition is within the
1024 cyl
> limit.
> Does RH installer give you the option to use fdisk?  If not,
you can
> pre-allocate the partition (with a linux floppy, or Partition Magic,
or
> something similar) and maybe RH will accept it.

> -jeff