[lug] booting past 1024 on RH 7.1

[David Trowbridge]

If you're using LILO, you need to add a line saying simply "lba32" to your
lilo.conf (you'll need to use a boot disk to get into your system). This
tells it to address C:H:S entries with 32bits in the MBR, allowing you to
boot your system.

-David

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David Trowbridge
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, David Novotny wrote:

> Howdy,
>          I am attempting to boot to my LINUX partition located above 1024
> cylinders.  I have RedHat 7.1 (2.4.2) and I keep getting an error stating
> that LINUX can't boot past 1024.  I just upgraded from debian 2.2 (2.2.17)
> and it allowed me to do just that (I needed the X support and 2.4 kernel
> for my new video card). Is there a boot switch to allow booting from above
> 1024?  I can't seem to find it in my LINUX manuals but it does exist (at
> least in debian 2.2).
>
> Thank you,
> David R. Novotny
>
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