Okay, I'm really new to Linux, so please bear with me. I am trying to install Red Hat Linux 7.0 on a machine with about 6-7 gigs free unpartioned space. When I do the install, it all goes fine, except for when it wants to partition the drive. It says it could not partition the drive and I have to do it myself through Disk Druid. After that, it all goes fine, but after the reboot, Linux never loads. I can get it to start fine with the boot disk I made at the end of the install, but not from the hard drive. (None of this has affected the way Windows98 starts. After the reboot, it goes into 98, no LILO prompt or anything.) Using the boot disk, I typed "lilo -v" at the command prompt (as suggested by the book I got the CD from)and it said something about "exceeding the 1024 cylinder limit" and something "FATAL" having to do with that 1024 limit. I have no idea what any of that means, and the book I have offers no help on this. Anyone want to help?

This problem is caused by LILO unable to access your Linux partition which is probably located beyond the 1024 cylender on the hard disk. One solution is to get a new bootloader that doesn't have this problem. Things like Bootmagic and Linux's Grub should works fine beyond this limit. GRUB is a very good bootloader. It even works with NTFS partitions and further more it's open source. For more information go to:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Just email me if you need more help

where can i get grub apart from their web page, the link doesnt seem to work and ive looked everywhere

Here is where you can get the GRUB RPM package. It's from RedHat 7.2 but should work on other distributions/versions:

http://planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/redhat-7.2/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/grub-0.90-11.i386.rpm

Download and install it using something like as root:

$ rpm -Uvh grub-0.90-11.i386.rpm

I reckon it's best to make a Grub boot floppy. Use it to start up then install grub into the MBR of your hard drive. You can get very detailed information by typing:
$ info grub
if that doesn't work check:
$ man grub

Good luck and have a happy new year

I have the same problem. Redhat Linux 7.2 Pro Edition destroys my mbr every time I installed it, even if I specify NOT TO install in the mbr. I put the /boot in the first partition of the harddisk under the 1024 limit, to no avail. Also, I have 2 hard disks and nothing works. Maybe somebody out there is smart enough to help....