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Date:      Tue, 20 Jul 1999 19:39:06 +0200
From:      Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installing Linux (and bootblocks)
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990720193237.019b90e0@194.184.65.4>
In-Reply-To: <19990720092427.J72885@freebie.lemis.com>
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At 20/07/99, you wrote:

>> I'd like to open another topic:
>> Why bootblock won't boot any Linux installation except Debian ?
>
>It boots my RedHat 5.2 just fine.

The problem is that with a lot of distribution the kernel image of linux go
beyond the 1024 cyl... 
Debian perhaps was the only the put the kernl before that cyl. (it was the
smallest to install)

This was due to how I partition the HD (but I was not aware when I make it
:-) , to finish before  the 1024 cyl the partition has to be only 38mb :-)

Now I solved using as / a 100mb free I have on the 2nd HD and using that
space remained on the first HD for a Linux (in a round robin order I tried
every distribs, because you have to know the enemy you face off :-) /usr.

>> I have tried:
>> Redhat 5.2, 6.0
>> Suse 6.1
>> Slackware 3.6
>> TurboLinux 2.0
>> Caldera 1.3
>> Stampede Linux
>> Debian 2.1
>>
>> (a little OT to say thanks to Jordan for been able to make the best
>> install I have seen. FreeBSD is far better than all these , it's easy
>> and simple...)
>
>Agreed.  I was surprised how bumpy the RedHat installation was.

Red hat is by far the simplest and most clear... have you tried the others ???

We are really riding the best horse... :-)






Best Regards,
Gianmarco Giovannelli ,  "Unix expert since yesterday"
http://www.giovannelli.it/~gmarco  
http://www2.masternet.it 





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