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Re: New LILO for >1024 cylinders in potato, PLEASE!



On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 10:46:44AM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> According to lwn.net, there is a new version of LILO just released
> that finally, finally adds an option to fix the horrid, dreaded
> LI problem on hard drives with >1024 cylinders.
> 
> http://www.lwn.net/2000/0309/a/lilo.html
> 
> Can this make it into potato? :)
> 
> Ben
> 
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I think this is almost a necessary, unfortunatly what if there are unexpected
bugs in it?  the >1024 thing is great, but what if there is a fatal bug that
we dont notice imidiatly ... 

I think this should go in, but should have extensive testing first, in a short
time if possible.

Erik Bernhardson
journey@jps.net
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It is better to remain silent and be considered a fool, than to speak and
remove all doubt.
	-- Mark Twain

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