Author: Warren Mira
Email: wowx@usa.net
Date Submitted: Thu, Sep 10, 1998
Status: New Entry

Requester: Domenic Campitelli
Email: campitev@total.net
Request Made: Sun, Mar 1, 1998

Releases: all
Platform: intel
Category:  Booting & LILO Problems
Category Listing:  How do I run linux from the hard drive?

Issue

booting linux from the hard drive 

Response

When the installation ask you if where u want to boot linux you can point it to your MBR or Master Boot Record of your drive..or to a linux partition youve just create..(if youve created parttons othere than / it is probably in the /boot partition). If you will choose to boot from a harddrive you have to plan it though first whem partitioning it...make sure that it is in the first 1023 cylinder in order for it to boot coorectly..Even if you are using a floppy, the floppy would still point to that part of the drive..so if its not on the allowable cylinder ,it would not boot.

References

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