Bug 15798 - LiLo configuration error when installing above 1024 cylinders
Summary: LiLo configuration error when installing above 1024 cylinders
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 12234
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
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Reported: 2000-08-09 12:40 UTC by Sanjuro
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-08-17 21:19:37 UTC
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Description Sanjuro 2000-08-09 12:40:49 UTC 
Problem:
When the boot partition is above the 1024 cylinder limit LiLo generates a fatal error because cylinder is > 1023.

Solution:
Setup should include the keyword "lba32" in lilo.conf when installing above 1024 cylinder limit.
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-08-09 14:54:00 UTC 
Was this using a pre-existing partition for /boot?  The installer currently does
not impose restrictions
on pre-existing partitions being used.  If a boot partition is created from
scratch then it is forced to lie < 1024 cyl.
Comment 2 Sanjuro 2000-08-09 17:31:17 UTC 
I used an existing partition and mounted it as /. No other partitions where mounted.

The installer does not have to impose restrictions on creating partitions any longer because as of Lilo 21.4.2 the 1024 cylinder limit has been solved (if 
the BIOS supports this of course).
Comment 3 Michael Fulbright 2000-08-17 21:19:35 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12234 ***
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