It could use linear in lilo.conf instead, but that probably isn't much
help as far as getting from DrivePro remapped to there.
My ancient technique on pre-lba 486 boards was to make a root partition
that ends below cyl 1024, install the base distribution and an editor,
edit lilo.conf and add "linear" to the global section up above the
per-kernel sections, reboot.
Linux would come up using linear sector numbers after that, and fdisk
and lilo could see the whole drive. I would run fdisk, make the rest of
the partitions, reboot, run mke2fs to make filesystems, mount filesystems
on /mnt and copy things in directories on the root directory that were
going to end up on those other partitions to there eventual destinations,
edit fstab, reboot again.
Now all partitions are seen, without needing lba translation or small
drives or losing part of the visible drive space from the cyl-head-sector
bios field width limit.
I've been using a 1600+ cyl connor eide drive this way for a couple of
years, and the linear parameter to lilo was compatible with wd540 eide
drives and doesn't bother my digital/quantum scsi drives, either. Should
be fine with the Seagate (ps: check it with hdparm after everything is
installed to see what kind of pio mode support you get).
Good luck.
Regards, Clayton Weaver cgweav@eskimo.com (Seattle)
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