Re: Please help with XP Professional dual boot

From: Norm Dresner (ndrez_at_att.net)
Date: 12/01/04


Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:01:11 GMT


<linuxquestion@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Dear experts,
>
> I have succeed at this before, but I am really stumped
> now, so I hope that someone will be able to tell me
> the secret to fix this.
>
>
> Computer:
> Dell 4550. XP Professional.
> Dual hard drives.
> Primary, C: XP only 80 gigs.
> Secondary. For Redhat 2.1 120 gigs
> First partition is extended, then logical /boot
>
>

Some versions of Linux have a problem if the /boot partition is beyond 1023
cylinders on its drive.

    Norm



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