From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98) Description of problem: i have 30 gigs hard drive which i partition to : 15 GB primary 15 GB extended dos , which include 12 GB logical drive and 3 GB unallocated. Right now i'm trying to install RHL 7.1 and i had this error. when i try to mount the / installer give me this error : " /boot > 1024 cylinder " and i can't continue. This is weord because last time when i installed the RHL 7.0 it didn't give me this error. I was using the same exact partition table. I know some issues that LILO can't read beyond 024 cylinder but why it doesn't happen to me when i installed rhl 7.0 for your info : Last time when i installed rhl 7.0 I put LILO in the first sector of the partition , so i use boot disk if i want to boot to linux. so how should i do now ??? thanks in advance Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.when i try to mount the / 2. 3. Additional info:
boot with "linux edd"
still can't mount the / installer still says boot partition > 1024 cylinder
If you booted with "linux edd" this should just be a warning message. What is the full text of the message dialog you are getting?
the error windows says like this " There are currently unallocated partition(s) present in the list of requested partitions. The unallocated partititon(s) are shon below, along with the reason they were not allocated" / Boot partition > 1024 Cylinder if i click ok, the / will printed in red on the partition table and the next button to continue is illuminated, so i can't process on. PLease help.
Please help because I got the exactly the same problem!!! Thanx
can you install rhl 7.0 though cyblues ? becauuse i don't have this problem with rhl 7.0. Ijust want to make it clear here.. thanks.. btw, is this problem already assigned ??? please respond , thanks
hi hansenc rhl 7.0 installs fine, the problem remains still the same with rhl 7.1. My hard drive contains already winnt server but it shouldn't be a problem (it isn't with rhl 7.0....). I don't think this problem has alreaady been assigned. keep posted and let me know if you sort out something. ciao
I would recommend setting up a /boot partition (around 50MB) using the fdisk program. Then go into the disk druid interface and select this partition to be /boot. Create the rest of your partitions with disk druid and things should be fine.
it doesn't allow me to do that , the result will be the same as when i mount root, which is got written on red text and said unallocated. any other clue ??? should i destroy my partition and start all over again ? because i want to have linux in my system. If that would be necessary what should i do this time to partition my hard dive. But above all i really prefer that i don;t have to partitioned my harddrive all over again. thanks once more.
Could you please attach a listing of your current partition table? You can get this using the linux fdisk program. Boot the installer and go through it until you see the 'Red Hat Linux 7.1' splash screen. Switch to VC2 (cntl-alt-f2) and type: mknod /tmp/<diskdevice> fdisk -l /tmp/<diskdevice> -> the output from this command is what I would like. where <diskdevice> is the device for your hard drive. Usually its something like hda. You can find this out by going to the Disk Druid screen and seeing which disk(s) it displays.
ok here's what i got with those commands : Disk /tmp/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3736 cylinders Units=cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Block Id System /tmp/hda1 * 1 1868 15004678+ c Win95Fat32(LBA) /tmp/hda2 1868 3736 15004710 f Win95Ext`d(LBA) /tmp/hda5 1869 3353 11928231 b Win95Fat32 ok, that's all hope you can help me through this problem thanks
I've replicated the problem.
I have a (somewhat kludgy) workaround for this. Create a / partition and a /boot partition. Make a swap partition. The /boot request will still be unfilled, but you will be able to hit Next and continue the installation anyway. The system will install as though you didn't ask for a /boot partition at all. The other workaround for this is to use the fdisk tool to create the partitions past the 1024 cyl boundary. Disk Druid will then allow you to assign the existing partitions you just created in the fdisk too to the /boot partition without any problems at all. All of this code has been replaced in the next release and it works much better now. These workaround are the solution for 7.1.
thanks msw. it worked, i just installed rhl 7.1 in my system. but right now i'm left with one question. why during the installation it doesn't ask me where i want to put lilo. ask i remember lasttime when i do installation for rhl 7.0 it ask whether i want lilo to be in the mbr or in the first sector of the boot partition. In my case i want it to be in the first sector of the boot partition, not in the mbr. ( i came to the conclusion that lilo is installed in the mbr because lilo boot itself without the boot disk ) My question is how can i remove lilo from the mbr and put it in the first sector of the boot partition ??? is it safe to do that ? ok , once again thanks. sorry if this post is inappropriate for the thread topic
if you select 'workstation install' it puts LILO on the MBR. This is different in the next release, I believe. you can put in in the first sector of your boot partition as long as there is a valid DOS-style mbr installed. you can do this by running fdisk /mbr from dos. From there the partition that has lilo installed must be active in order to boot.
ok , can you give me more detail steps ? after i do fdisk /mbr, will my whole boot system be erased (win98 and lilo) ? if so how will i be able to boot win 98 ? is it just a simple sys c: ? from a floppy that has system files in it ? and how about moving lilo to the first sector of the linux partition ??? ps : i make a linux bootdisk during yesterday installation. thanks once again , you were really helpfull.
it is probaby better just to install lilo to the mbr and use it to chainload any other operating systems you have installed.
can you please help ? i'm sorry if i keep bugging you around. thanks once again.
After using fdisk /mbr, your system will be fine and just the boot record will be replaced with a DOS boot record. No other changes will be made to the system. To change LILO so that it installs to the partition, edit the /etc/lilo.conf file and look for the line boot=/dev/foo, where foo is probably hda in your case. If you change this to be your root partition and run /sbin/lilo, then LILO will be installed to the root partition instead of the MBR.
so which one should be done first ??? the "fdisk /mbr" or "edit the /etc/lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo " and how do i determine what is my root partition in linux. i know that master harddrive is hda but i think linux label it with hda1, hda2 , and else for the partititon right ? thanks for the answer.
1) fdisk /mbr 2) edit lilo.conf 3) re-run lilo
ups, repost... so after i do fdisk /mbr i will boot to linux with the disk right ??? how about identifying the root partition ???
yes, contact support for any further problems.