[ale] ATTN ! Jerry Yu Re: LILO warning; device 0x0302 > 1023 cyls, huh ?

[Jerry Yu]

for one thing, GRUB cares about /boot and usually it is easier to have /boot
(128M required)  than to have / under 1024 cylinder.
could you please

   - elaborate on history of your 'rebuilding' on why & how?
   - make sure you have good backup of the system, before you attempt to
   manipulate partition table.
   - paste your current partition table (fdisk -l /dev/hda)?



On 12/9/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>  Jerry,
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Why do you recommend GRUB over LILO, please ?
>
> I did an "fdisk /dev/hda" and have discovered that the
> partition table's boundaries are wrong, i.e. they overlap
> and are wrong sized.
>
> 1 overlaps 2,
> 2 overlaps 3,
> 3 overlaps 5, and
> 5 overlaps 6.
> Also, logical 5 not entirely in 4.
>
> The original layout [in MB], in which all was well, was:
>
>     Minor    Start        End             Type        Filesys    Size
>
>     /            .031        1968,75        primary    ext2
> 1968.719
>     /boot    1968.75    3971.46        primary    ext2        2002.71
>     /var       3971.46    5940.21       primary    ext2        1968.749
>     [ext]      5940.211  8063.50       extended                 2123.296
>     /misc    5940.242  7908.96       logical      ext2        1968.718
>     swap    7908.992  8063.507     logical      linux-swap 154.515
>
> How can I change MB to cylinders, so that I can change the existing
> configuration back to the original, as above indicated in MB  ?
>
> I am assuming that after translating the above table to cylinders, that I
> can
> then alter the existing layout using fdisk, to return the disk to it's
> original
> pattern, hence reenabling LILO.
>
> Appreciatively,
> Courtney
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jerry Yu <jjj863 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, December 08, 2006 9:54 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] LILO warning; device 0x0302 > 1023 cyls, huh ?
>
> use GRUB if possible.
> if not, (if my memory serves)
>
>    - enable LBA for the HD in BIOS and/or inside lilo.conf.
>    - Or, make sure / partition is under 1024 cylinder.
>
>
> On 12/8/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to run lilo on a "rebuilt" HD and the subject message is the
> > error I'm getting and hence lilo won't install.
> >
> > How do I cure this, please ?
> >
> > Thanks once more,
> >
> > Courtney
> >
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