On 6/26/11 7:00 PM, jackson byers wrote: > > > >>I tried adding > >> chainloader +1 > >>to grub.conf . > >> > >> makeactiveWhen I tried to use it, I got > >>Error 18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS. > > >You need to get a new(er) BIOS as the physical location where F14 is > located cannot be >used for booting by your current BIOS. Nothing can > be done about this by Fedora, it is a >physical limitation of your > system. Maybe putting a /boot partition below where your BIOS >can > boot from could help (but I don't know if this is possible with your > current system >configuration.) > > >>Could the problem with using my boot partition with my > >>Could I fix that by editing my F14's /etc/mtab ? > > >Neither of these options will help. Again, this is NOT a Fedora > issue. Some BIOS's are old >appened in the history of PC > configurations (I remember the old 32MB boot issue...) > > >James McKenzie > > James, > You came in late to this thread. > > In fact his problem was solved by > 1)redoing his bootloader > root (hd1,8) > setup (hd1,8) > 2) copying his f14 stanza to his f13 grub.conf > > Your analysis may be correct re error 18, > but that was when the OP was still badly floundering. > Thank you. I try to stay out of discussions like this, but I've seen where folks installing 1TB drives cannot boot off of them when the physical number of cylinders is larger than their BIOS can handle. At least this problem was solved in a good manner. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
