Re: Help!?

[awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> I just installed Mandrake Linux 7.0 on a dual boot hard drive with 
win98.
> I got thru most of the install without a hitch, until I ran into LiLo. 
I
> could not get passed it without cancelling this part. It kept giving 
me
> an error message that the partition was too large (13__ - ??). I had 
used
> Partion Magic Linux Prep Tool according to instruction, but may not 
have
> understood it all. Anyway, I finished the install and Linux would not
> boot without the Rescue disc. Then all was fine. I have not rebooted 
into
> Linux since, and wonder if this can be remedied? I'd appreciate any 
help
> you can offer. I like what I've seen so far otherwise.
> Joe Theuerkauf

Lilo cannont boot an OS that is more that 1024 cylinders (or some 
limitation) from the beginning of the hard drive.  This is a weird 
BIOS/IDE limitation.  I'd wager this is one of them pile-o-gigabyte 
drives?  You'll have to boot from a floppy or create a small /boot 
parition to install the kernel closer to the "head" of the harddrive.  
The "latest" version of LILO is said to overcome this limitation so 
you might want to look into that,  but I heard that through the grape 
vine, and don't know what it's worth yet.