Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:44:57 -0800
From: Perry Frayn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Here we go again - 30Gb. drive questions
>
>
> > Will the overlay software cause any problems with the
> Linux ?
>
>*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
>29GB to 30GB Primary 2, SWP - Linux swap (I can't remember if Linux
>recognises
> primary partitions greater than 1, if not put it in
> logical 4)
Just in case this helps anyone else,
My partitioning information ended up being
/tmp/hda1 1 1012 Win95FAT32
/tmp/hda2 1013 1017 Linux (boot)
/tmp/hda3 1029 1045 Linux swap
/tmp/hda4 1046 3648 Extended
/tmp/hda5 1046 2347 Linux
/tmp/hda6 2348 3648 Win95FAT32
1017-1029 left open for hibernation. Just over 70 Mb (I'm getting an extra
32 meg, thanks to a list member).
Still having problems with displaying Gnome and getting Linux to mount /hda6.
In /etc/fstab I have
/dev/hda1 /dosc msdos defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 /dosd msdos defaults 0 0
C: mounts but D: fails with the error
mount: mount: wrong fs type, bad option , bad superblock on /dev/hda6
or too many mounted file systems
I've installed lilo on the MBR and boot Windows 98 and Redhat 7.2 with no
real problems. (Yet.)
regards, Perry
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