hello,
ok, I know some choses :
1: throw your redhat linux into the recycle
bin :), because it uses old lilo and with old
lilo you can't boot your system from the hard
disk bigger than 8 GB. You can boot it only
if your linux partitions is in the first 8
GB, and if you created others partitions
bigger than 8 GB you can't create Linux
partition about 8 GB. The talk is about
cilinders but I think you understood me. I
managed to create linux partitions k and
after that I assigned some how in Redhat
instalation them to the linux (Maybe I used
fdisk (linux) not diskdruid ???). After that
I didn't add lilo to my disk and used to boot
the system with dos utility loadlin. There is
some good Howto document and information how
to add loadlin to dos config.sys file and in
the boot time to select the LINUX OS or
WINDOWS nicely.
2. Just download and burn the debian Linux
destribution !!! 3 cd with a little old
software, but works fine. Or you can use
others new distributions like Mandrake - the
last version is booting well with big disks.
3. ( I didn't tryied, but should work) Delete
the old partitions and just try to put a
little partition in the 8 GB and create just
fo expl. 10 mb or similar size. Mount it like
/boot . Now lilo will be able to boot the
Linux, and other Linux partitions can be in
above 8 GB. You can use this method if you
ARE ABLE TO DELETE YOUR WINDOWS FROM THE
SYSTEM WITH ALL THE DATA.
NOTE : This is just a guide and not HOWTO,
but I think you should now catch the things.
Best Regards,
Rokas Ratkevicius
