Win2K-Linux 8GB Boot Partition problem

[vrajkuma]

Hello:
I spent close to 4 hours reseaching this on the web and didn't quite get to a solution. Here it goes:

My computer already has Windows 2000 installed in my primary/boot partition (NTFS) that is already 10GB. I have 50GB unused space left in my hard drive. Now, when i install Linux ( I am using RedHat 7.1) the installation stalls saying the /boot has to be in a partiition < 1024 cylinders. My BIOS is fairly new AMI BIOS dated April, 2002 (and i am hoping it will support lba32)

I understand i have the following options, but had questions related to them:

Option 1: Resize your primary partition to <6GB and make space for Linux /boot
I don't have any commercial software and the free ones i downloaded don't say if they work on NTFS. Any choices here short of buying a partition software for resizing

Option 2: download LILO for lba32, or boot Linux from floppy
But my RedHat installation doesn't proceed without mounting /boot < 1024. Is there a workaround to install Linux boot in partitions above 1024 cylinder.

Are there any other options for me (other than reformatting my hard drive).

thanks.

[mdwatts]

You could use a version of Redhat that has a newer version of Lilo that does not have the 1024 cylinder limitation. Lilo 21.5 and above or Grub.

Install Lilo in the mbr. (certainly not my favorite as I prefer not to install anything in the mbr).