Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Mar 2000 17:02:58 -0500 | From | Michael Abd-El-Malek <> | Subject | Re: Booting to >8GB... |
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I had problems with that too. What I did was install my kernel(s) and boot info in my Windows partition (which is under the 1024 cylinders limit). From the lilo documentation:
"/boot on a DOS partition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Recent kernels support all the functions LILO needs to map files also on MS-DOS (or UMSDOS) file systems. Since DOS partitions tend to occupy exactly the places where BIOS restrictions (see section "BIOS restrictions") are invisible, they're an ideal location for /boot if the native Linux file systems can't be used because of BIOS problems.
In order to accomplish this, the DOS partition is mounted read-write, a directory (e.g. /dos/linux) is created, all files from /boot are moved to that directory, /boot is replaced by a symbolic link to it, the kernels are also moved to the new directory, their new location is recorded in /etc/lilo.conf, and finally /sbin/lilo is run.
From then on, new kernels must always be copied into that directory on the DOS partition before running /sbin/lilo, e.g. when recompiling a kernel, the standard procedure changes from
# make zlilo
to
# make zImage # mv /dos/linux/vmlinuz /dos/linux/vmlinuz.old # mv arch/i386/boot/zImage /dos/linux/vmlinuz # /sbin/lilo
_WARNING:_ De-fragmenting such a DOS partition is likely to make Linux or even the whole system unbootable. Therefore, the DOS partition should either not be de-fragmented, or a Linux boot disk should be prepared (and tested) to bring up Linux and to run /sbin/lilo after the de-fragmentation.*
* Setting the "system" attribute from DOS on the critical files (e.g. everything in C:\LINUX) may help to protect them from being rearranged. However, the boot floppy should still be ready, just in case."
It was that easy for me. Michael Abd-El-Malek
Daniel J Blueman wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I'm having great difficulty finding a solution to my current problem: > - I need to boot linux, installed >8GB into my harddisk. > > I know the current version 12 of LILO doesn't support this (even in linear > mode). Werner? > > Is there any solution? Anyone know of other bootloaders? > > Help would be great > - Dan > __________________________ > Daniel J Blueman > Undergraduate - BSc Computing Science > UMIST university - Manchester > Direct line: 0161 933 3569 > Mobile: 07775 583766 > Email: daniel.j.blueman@stud.umist.ac.uk > SMS: daniel.j.blueman@sms.genie.co.uk > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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