[K12OSN] problem in starting a new dual boot machine in Linux
Rob Owens
hick518 at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 9 11:20:58 UTC 2005
I don't think this is true anymore. I seem to
remember reading something about bioses (if that's a
word) after a certain date did not have the 1024
cylinder limit. I can't say for sure, but I can tell
you for sure that I've installed Linux on a machine
that came with Windows XP--I resized the Windows
partition to something like 27 GB and installed Linux
after that, /boot and all. I used lilo, not grub.
-Rob
--- "Terrell Prudé, Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com>
wrote:
> Remember
> that, on x86 boxen,
> the OS kernel needs to be within the first 1,024
> cylinders on the hard
> disk, otherwise you're not likely to be able to boot
> the computer. This
> is true of all kernels, not just the Linux kernel;
> it's true of all
> versions of Windows (MS says that's been overcome on
> XP, but I don't
> believe it), all of the BSD's, OS/2--you name
> it--they're all the same
> this way. This is due to legacy issues in the x86
> BIOS architecture,
> which BIOS and mobo manufacturers have to follow,
> otherwise you're
> compatible with NOTHING.
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