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From: Tim Fletcher <tim@parrswood.manchester.sch.uk>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Device Numbers, LILO
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:58:28 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0105152156200.4099-100000@redwood.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9drk37$51s$1@cesium.transmeta.com>

> It's in, but for some strange reason you have to ask for it explicitly
> with the "lba32" option.

Because the 32bit bios calls lilo uses in lba32 mode can cause problems
with broken or old bios's hence is defaults to a safe option, and if you
can't boot without it (over 1023 cylinders) then you turn it on at your
own risk.

I know this from the experiance of breaking lilo on my workstation :)

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-05-15 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-05-15 12:16 Device Numbers, LILO mirabilos
2001-05-15 15:47 ` Nico Schottelius
2001-05-15 16:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-05-15 20:58   ` Tim Fletcher [this message]
2001-05-15 21:20     ` H. Peter Anvin

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