David Krings wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: >>> BIOS is not the problem as I was able to successfully boot several times >>> with the exact same BIOS without any problems. >> >> This proves nothing. >> >> The fact that you can boot a few times straight after a fresh install, >> *before* any updates only proves that during the initial install the >> contents of /boot are created at a point that 'just happens', through >> luck, to place them on disk at a position your bios can read. > > OK, but isn't the only limit in regard to the BIOS the 1024 cylinder > limit? Someone pointed out that this is roughly 8G. Since I always > booted off a partition that was past the 30G mark it doesn't strike me > as if there is a BIOS issue....unless someone digs up yet another mark > that may play a role. So if it is a BIOS 1024 cylinder issue it ought to > have never worked. > No - there are other BIOS limits. There is more then one way to get around the 1024 cylinder limit as well. You could do a search on BIOS disk limits, and do some reading. You could also do a quick test by creating a /boot partition at the end of the disk, and a grub boot floppy, and see if it can access the kernel there. If you can not boot from a floppy, I think you can create a grub boot USB stick - just remember that the BIOS will map the USB drive the first BIOS drive... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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