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> > 1024 sectors (about 1GB).
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> Duh ... i knew that, but for some reason kept
> thinking that it was OK if it was in the first
> 1024 *cylinders*! I think that's been my problem
> all along. Thanks.

You are right it IS cylinders but this may still be your problem. My 4.3GB 
has nearly 9000 cylinders so if you put linux in the last quarter of your 
4GB, you are way beyond the 1024 cylinder limit.


> > You can make another /boot directory in the first
> > 1GB:
It might need to be the first 1/2 GB (1024 cylinders).

> > mount /dev/hda1 /hd
> > mkdir /hd/boot
> > edit lilo.conf to change /boot to /hd/boot,
> > copy kernel and boot.b from  /boot to /hd/boot
> > lilo -v.
>
> Thanks for explaining that!
> I'll try it and report back.
>
> Don't i also have to edit /etc/fstab so that
> /hd will automatically mount at boot-up?

BL3 appears to boot even if you forget to do this (BL2 does not) but yes 
edit to match your partitions (after you boot, or using floppy-disk BL3 to 
edit the ext2 version).

> > Try something like this after you mount /dev/hda1
> > /hd and copy
> > kernel and boot.b to /hd/boot/.  Change hda7 to
> > hda6, default=BL3, and
> > delete the BL2 part if you want only DOS and BL3.
> > This is for DOS in the first partition (I forget
> > where yours is).
>
>
> I think you got my post confused with another
> recent one which has BL2 and BL3 in /etc/lilo.conf.
> My /dev/hda7 is a Linux-swap partition, and
> i only have BL3 and Windows95.

No, I posted my own lilo.conf and I use BL2 and BL3 and DOS. My hda7 holds 
BL3 and hda9 is BL2. This was just an example.  Edit to fit your setup. 
Sindi

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