On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 09:58, - - s r b - - wrote: > From that webpage is the following quote... does this still apply to > Fedora Core 2 with GRUB? > > "The location of the /boot partition on the hard drive is critical so > that you don't get screwed by the infamous BIOS 1024 cylinder limit > <http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.2>. The BIOS of > older systems can't access data beyond cylinder 1024, which is ~8.5 GB. I've had not run into the 1024-cylinder limit problem on any system less than about 6 years old (Pentium I class), I have several systems were the linux /boot partition is 30GB or more from the front of the drive. Your mileage my vary, I would recommend you check the vendors website if you have a very old system. Brian Gaynor Precision MicroControl Corp. e-mail: briang@xxxxxxxxxxx web: http://www.pmccorp.com phone: 760.930.0101 direct: 760.930.0485 x13 fax: 760.930.0222
