[SunRescue] Linux, SS20, partition sizes

[James Lockwood]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Mike Nicewonger wrote:

> This might sound silly, but Doesn't Linux need to boot from below the 1024th
> cylinder? Is the drive over that limit?

SCSI drives aren't generally addressed by cylinder combinations but by a
single block number.  Linux (and Solaris for that matter) only is subject
to limitations like this when imposed by the hardware.  PC BIOS can't boot
from blocks above the (archaic c/h/s translation!) 1024th cylinder.
Pre-Ultra boot PROMs can't read past 2GB on their own.

-James