[olug] LILO trouble

[Nate Rotschafer]

Ah but ghost is fat and easy and most companie would have it so it provides 
a critical infrustructure pirce that would otherwise be missing so if you 
have it use it...not to mention for the beginning admin ghost is far easier 
to use....

Nate


>From: "Nick Walter" <waltern at iivip.com>
>Reply-To: olug at olug.org
>To: <olug at olug.org>
>Subject: Re: [olug] LILO trouble
>Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:04:06 -0500
>
>Now why would you use Ghost on a Linux machine?
>
>I've used Ghost on Windows machines as a backup/replication tool, but I've
>never bothered with it when dd/cpio/tar/gzip are right at my fingertips 
>with
>a linux system.
>
>Oh, and I make my boot partitions 30-40 MB usually,  That gives room for
>several kernels to be lying around if you feel you might be experimenting
>with compiling different kernel versions.
>
>Nick Walter
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nate Rotschafer" <writetogenius at hotmail.com>
>To: <olug at olug.org>
>Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 1:53 AM
>Subject: Re: [olug] LILO trouble
>
>
> > Also note that GRUB and Norton Ghost do not like each other....AT
>ALL....in
> > case you ghost your drive....
> >
> > Nate
> >
> >
> > >From: "Gary" <mescie at cox.net>
> > >Reply-To: olug at olug.org
> > >To: <olug at olug.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [olug] LILO trouble
> > >Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 01:00:06 -0700
> > >
> > >Hi
> > >
> > >I'm using mandrake 8.1.I've thought about using a /boot partition but I
>saw
> > >no reason too until now :) How big would you recommend I make it?
> > >     I've seen the LILO vs Grub debate on this list.Grub sounds nice 
>but
> > >I'd
> > >like to learn to use LILO first.I guess I'm bullheaded when it comes to
> > >wanting to be able to use some things :)
> > >
> > >
> > >         Thanks,Gary
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Nick Walter <waltern at iivip.com>
> > >To: <olug at olug.org>
> > >Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:15 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [olug] LILO trouble
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hmmm, you didn't mention which distribution of Linux you are using, 
>so
>I
> > > > can't give installer-specific advice.  What I usually do to avoid
> > >problems
> > > > like this with Red Hat Linux is a /boot partition.  I make sure 
>that's
> > >the
> > > > first partiton created and right at the front of the drive.  Make 
>sure
> > >Lilo
> > > > and the kernel are in that partition and they should be within your
> > >cylinder
> > > > limit.  Then you can have the rest of your partitions spread across
>the
> > >rest
> > > > of the drive.
> > > >
> > > > If you are willing to switch distros or download additional
>components,
> > >I'd
> > > > recommend using GRUB instead of LILO.  GRUB is smarter than LILO and
>not
> > >as
> > > > constrained.
> > > >
> > > > Nick Walter
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Gary" <mescie at cox.net>
> > > > To: "olug" <olug at olug.org>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 1:59 AM
> > > > Subject: [olug] LILO trouble
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have 2 HDD's.A 5 Gig windows (master) and a 20 Gig linux 
>(secondary)
> > >with
> > > > a 150 MB / partition a 250 Mb /home and a 250 Mb /var partition a 
>8.5
> > >Gig
> > > > /usr partition and 127 Mb swap partition.My problem is that LILO 
>won't
> > > > appear at all because it's not within the 1023 cylinder limit,my
> > >cylinder
> > >is
> > > > set at 2034.I've used this setup before and LILO liked it just
>fine.I've
> > > > reinstalled linux 3 times in 7 days trying to get LILO to work,with 
>no
> > >luck
> > > > of course.I've tried to set my cylinder to 1023 and lower in my BIOS
>but
> > > > when I do the total HDD size  decreases dramatically to like 5 Gig
>(from
> > >20
> > > > Gig).Is there another was to change my cylinder situation?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >                 Thank you,Gary
> > > >
> > > >
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Nate Rotschafer
Millard West High School
Omaha, NE

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