Nathan E Norman wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, HELMUT LEINFELLNER wrote: > > : Nathan E Norman wrote: > : > > : > On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, HELMUT LEINFELLNER wrote: > : > > : > : Hi ! > : > : > : > : Just wanted to let you know that I can finally run both Win95 and Linux > : > : on different partitions. The key to this was to put the DOS partitions > : > : FIRST. > : > : The only thing still to solve right now is this: > : > : DOS fdisk gives: > : > : > : > : 1 PRI DOS YESHUA 1000 FAT16 100% > : > : 2 EXT DOS 1000 100% > : > : 3 Non-DOS 64 23% > : > : 4 Non-DOS 2047 100% > : > : > : > : Partition 3 + 4 are Linux swap and Linux native, respectively. > : > : DOS fdisk recognises the primary DOS partition (1), but not the extended > : > : one (2). (This one is split into 4 logical partitions, each 250 MB > : > : size.) > : > : > : > : Can anyone help ? > : > > : > I'm hopping into this thread, so if I missed something from before, > : > sorry. > : > > : > What are the cylinder numbers on partition 2? If you used NORMAL > : > mapping, which I seem to recall you did, DOS isn't going to be pleased > : > with a partition that has cylinder numbers > 1024. > : > : I forgot to add my question :) > : > : Does this mean I can't use two DOS paritions if the first one is already > : 1000 MB big ? > : > : Hemut > > Well, maybe. Here's the problem, as I understand it. DOS doesn't like > partitions that cross the 1024 cylinder boundary - if your partition > starts at, say, cylinder 950 and ends at cylinder 1200, DOS will see > cylinders 950-1024, and that's it. It won't see any partitions that > begin on a cylinder greater than 1024. > > So, if your first partition is using up all the cylinders to 1024, > > (What I was asking in my last email is which cylinder does each > partition begin and end on ... if you're running normal mode you're > alomost certainly bumping into the 1024 limit). >
Can't tell you right now - I'm using a different computer. I'll tell you later, OK ? Thanks a lot for your help ! Helmut -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
