This is easy.
First of all... some guidelines about how to multiboot:
Win9x -- must be installed as 1st partition.
WinNT -- must start its partition below 2Gig.
Linux -- must start its partition below 8Gig.
Example of Testing the Limits on your 20Gig
/dev/hda1 - from 0 to 1.9Gig Win9x
/dev/hda2 - from 1.9Gig to 7.5Gig WinNT
-- Extended Partition here --
/dev/hda5 - from 7.5Gig to 9.8Gig Linux root
/dev/hda6 - from 9.8Gig to 10Gig Linux Swap
The rest of the 10Gig and up you can make more NT,VFAT or
Linux partitions.
Do it now and thank me later. I know it works.
Did it lots of times.
-Edwin-
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 20:45:57 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Olson) wrote:
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> All:
>
> I'm admittedly a Linux Newbie, but nowhere near a newbie
> when it comes to
> machines and software OS'es... I date back to MS-DOS 3.3
> Days.
>
> I thought I'd prevail upon the experts in the list. I''m
> trying to get Lilo or
> Powerquest's Bootmagic to work as a bootloader. Only
> problem is: Lilo won't
> load and BM won't properly boot the Linux Partition.
>
> I have a 20 gig Hard drive, with 6 for Linux and Swap
> partitions. LILO says
> can't be installed on a partitoin that goes beyond
> cylinder 1024... thats a laugh...
> 99% of the drives sold in the last five years have
> cylinders many times 1024...
>
> Boot Magic can't properly Identify the Mandrake OS
> partition, and won't Boot
> into it properly.
>
> Question: Is there a LILO alternative besides a boot disk
> or Loadlin, or is there
> some way to force bootmagic to ID the partiton right.
>
> Please respond to my email address as well as the List.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Olson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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