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RE: RH and drive cylinders
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Galpin)
Fri Nov 20 23:10:03 1998
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 22:47:52 -0500
From: Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
To: Bruce Richardson <redhat-list@redhat.com>
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How can you determine if your BIOS can see above 1023?
===== Original Message from Bruce Richardson <redhat-list@redhat.com> at
11/20/98 5:37 pm
>>Is this a kernel or a LILO limitation?
>It's a BIOS limitation: LILO is not an OS in miniature, it works entirely
>through the BIOS and can only see the cylinders the BIOS can see.
> Apparently some newer BIOS's can see above cylinder 1023, in which case
>LILO on those systems will also see above cylinder 1023.
>
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