Bug 40396

Summary:	kickstart: /boot + 1024 cyl limit
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Gerald Teschl <gt>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Brent Fox <bfox>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	7.1	Keywords:	FutureFeature
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Description Gerald Teschl 2001-05-13 17:14:20 UTC

Description of Problem:


How Reproducible:

KS does not work on a 1024+ cyl disk unless a /boot partition is used.
I don't see any reason for that. Lilo works fine with the lba option and
I don't understand why anaconda forces me to use a /boot partition. If
Please add a "lba option".

Comment 1 Brent Fox 2001-05-17 19:36:39 UTC

The problem is that lba doesn't work on all bioses.  We are aware of the problem
and are re-engineering the partitioning section of the installer.  Thanks for
your report.

Comment 2 John Newbigin 2001-06-13 04:29:34 UTC

When booting linux from a method other than the RedHat LILO config then the /boot partition is also not (always) necessary.
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/bootlinux.htm

Comment 3 Brent Fox 2001-09-12 18:41:46 UTC

*** Bug 53596 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***