From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 20:23:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 20:23:03 -0500 Received: from zork.zork.net ([66.92.188.166]:41156 "EHLO zork.zork.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 20:23:02 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: mkfs help, please. References: <0H84002VD4UUI0@mtaout07.icomcast.net> From: Sean Neakums X-Worst-Pick-Up-Line-Ever: "Hey baby, wanna peer with my leafnode instance?" X-Message-Flag: Message text advisory: ARGUMENTUM AD HOMINEM, ADULT LANGUAGE/SITUATIONS X-Mailer: Norman X-Groin-Mounted-Steering-Wheel: "Arrrr... it's driving me nuts!" X-Alameda: WHY DOESN'T ANYONE KNOW ABOUT ALAMEDA? IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO OAKLAND!!! Organization: The Emadonics Institute Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 17:31:32 -0800 In-Reply-To: <0H84002VD4UUI0@mtaout07.icomcast.net> (Jerry McBride's message of "Thu, 02 Jan 2003 19:50:03 -0500") Message-ID: <6ud6nf81e3.fsf@zork.zork.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org commence Jerry McBride quotation: > I'm setting up a new computer with a 60gig maxtor. I'd like a 100meg /boot at > the very top of the disk to get around 1024 cylinder bios restriction with out > have to do anything special. This has to be as vanilla as possible. What do you mean by "top"? The /boot partition should be towards the front of the disk, i.e. with a low starting cylinder number. For example, my /boot is /dev/hda2: # fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System ... /dev/hda2 1 3 24066 83 Linux ... -- / | [|] Sean Neakums | Questions are a burden to others; [|] | answers a prison for oneself. \ |