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From: zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim)
Subject: Re: Minix/Linux is not recognizing emty partition
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 06:07:29 GMT
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In article <E4twHy.K6G@scrum.muc.de>,
M. Buchenrieder <mibu@scrum.muc.de> wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure if either Minix or Linux will boot from a partition
>>over the 1024 cylinder limit enforced by the PC BIOS; you'll have
>>to try it and see.  But DiskManager (and equivalents) are a 
>>definite no-no.  The Linux FAQs or HOWTOs almost certainly have
>>full information on this.
>
>Booting any OS from cyl. > 1023 is a no-go . This is a limitation of the
>PC's BIOS, not of the used operating system, just as you explained. 
>The posster will have to make sure that the kernel and the loader 
>program both do reside within the first 1023 cylinders.

What about using LBA mode? This fakes 1024 cylinders by presenting 64 heads
or more. Will Linux recognize such a setup?

Zeyd
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