Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 19:37:45 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Overlay program needed? (Was Re: 30Gb. drive questions)
> *shrug* someone else will have to answer that ... of course, you do > realize that both Linux and Win98 ignore the BIOS as far as hard drive > detection goes so if you make sure your first partition is short of > 8.4GB and you don't place any files that the OS's need before they > fully boot on any partition higher than 8.4GB, you won't need the > drive overlay program at all. The following partitioning scheme or > something like it should be safe for instance: > 00GB to 02GB Primary 1, FAT16 - Win98, LILO loader > 02GB to 04GB Logical 1, EXT2 - Linux / > 04GB to 08GB Logical 2, FAT32 - critical data storage > (data you'll want to be able to access with a boot disk > in an emergency if both OS's go belly-up) > 08GB to 08.8GB Blank (for hibernation, I've given 400MB each way) > 08.8GB to 20GB Logical 3, FAT32 - Win98 general data storage > 20GB to 29GB Logical 4, EXT2 - Linux /data I seem to recall getting into a bit of trouble trying something like this (using "high" partitions without a drive overlay) when I put a 10GB drive into my L70. IIRC, The original W98 install saw only 8.4GB. Paritition Magic allowed me to put in a FAT partition above the 8.4GB *BUT* upon rebooting into Win98, this new partition "replaced" my C: partition (i.e. the Lib would not boot from the HD, and when I booted Win98 from a floppy and ran fdisk, the new partition had become my C: drive). Don't quite recall how I fixed this - IIRC I started a Linux install so that I could see the whole drive, and then I deleted the new partition, at which point shutting down the Linux install and rebooting from the HD restored everything back to normal. The moral: if my experience is to be a guide (if my memory is accurate), and if you're using Win9x, do NOT put a FAT partition above 8.4GB without using a drive overlay. (It's OK to put Linux partitions up there, as that's what I've done.) Mike ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
