On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 07:23:49 +0000, "Edenyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for your message, Tom. >> I use EZ-drive but it is a DOS app. Couldn't you make a tiny >> DOS partition on the hard drive and boot to that, then use the rest >> of the drive for Linux. > I intend to have one or two DOS partitions at the start of the drive. > However, the problem is that, when booting into Linux, DOS never comes > into it, so no DOS programme will run it that point. However, as part of > the huge amount of Linux documentation, there's an HOW-TO on Large DIsks > and that seems to suggest that the upper limit for Linux is > 120-something gigabytes and also Linux doesn't use BIOS, so the BIOS > limitations don't come into it. The only problem is that every system > that uses that drive has to agree on the drive's geometry, so it's > necessary to get Linux to co-operate with what DOS will have to use as > geometry. > I haven't finished reading up on this problem yet, but I shall have > to do so soon, as I'm hoping to get the new disk this week. Ask me the > question again in about a week's time and I should hopefuilly have a > more helpful answer for you! > All the best, Gerald, Have you considdered just leaving the current HDD in there to use for DOS and add the second one for Linux to use??? This P150 has 2 HDDs installed. 5.7gig for DOS... 1.2gig for Linux The Linux Lilo boot loader is in the MBR of the 5.7gig drive. DOS can "see" the 5.7gig drive but not the 1.2gig Linux can see both of them. --- /etc/fstab --- /dev/hdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /dos/a: msdos 0 0 /dev/fd1 /dos/b: msdos 0 0 /dev/hda1 /dos/c: msdos 0 0 /dev/hda5 /dos/d: msdos 0 0 /dev/hda6 /dos/e: msdos 0 0 /dev/hda7 /dos/f: msdos 0 0 /dev/hda8 /dos/g: msdos 0 0 /dev/hda9 /dos/h: msdos 0 0 /dev/hda10 /dos/i: msdos 0 0 /dev/hda11 /dos/j: msdos 0 0 /dev/hda12 /dos/k: msdos 0 0 #cdrom /dev/hdc /dos/q: iso9660 ro 0 0 # __________________ If I'm doing something in Linux that I need to later "share" with DOS... All I need to do is to save that item somewhere on the5.7gig drive. When I reboot into DOS... there it is, ready to use. Before dumping W95... I did the same with that. (save the W95 stuff that needed to be used later in DOS over onto the DOS partition) If done correctly.... some machines can have as many as 4 IDE drives. (until last week... this machine had these 4 IDE drives.... 5.7gig HDD containing both DOS and W95 1.2gig HDD containing Linux IDE CDROM IDE CDburner It now has.... 5.7gig HDD containing DOS (and an empty 1.3gig partition) :))))) 1.2gig HDD containing Linux IDE CDROM SCSI CDburner -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
