tlug: How to install Linux (Part 1) ...

[Matt Gushee <matt@example.com>]

Matt Gushee writes:

 >  > Is there a danger, that the other partition would be too big for Lilo,
 >  > beyond cylinder 1023?
 > 
 > Depends on your BIOS. Most newer harddisks use a virtual addressing
 > system -- basically, the BIOS fools the computer into thinking that
 > the 5000 (or whatever) physical cylinders are actually 1024.

Before somebody corrects me: I mean, the *disk* fools the *BIOS* into
thinking it only has 1024 cylinders. Not that it makes much difference 
to you right now.

Matt
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