Re: From Dapper to Edgy

TenPercent <TenPercent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think I'm going to install SUSE linux on some spare
partitions just to try it. Anyone know if the /boot partition still
has to be located below the 1,024 Cylinder, like in the past? Thanks!

As has still to be located where it can be reached by the BIOS. Modern
BIOSes can address more than 1024 cylinders, an old BIOS (about before
2000) may not.


Florian
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