Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 02:19:00 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Installing Linux beyond cylinder 1024
>Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 09:50:40 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Hi all! > >My 20 gig hard drive in my Libretto 50CT is partitioned as follows using >PartitionMagic Pro 6.0: >1: Primary partition, FAT16, 2GB in size. >2: Extended partition, 12GB in size. > i: Logical drive, NTFS, 2GB in size. > ii: Logical drive, FAT, 2GB in size. > iii: Logical drive, FAT, 1.8GB in size. > *: Unallocated (hibernation area) > iv: Logical drive, FAT32, 5.9GB in size. >3: Primary partition, Linux Ext2, 4.9GB in size. >4: Primary partition, Linux swap, 94MB in size. > >I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux 6.2 on primary 3 (ya OK I know there's >Mandrake, RH7.2, etc. but I'm doing RH6.2 for compatibility reasons). I've >got EZ-Bios loaded to let Windows see beyond 1024 cylinders however even >with that loaded (boot without the FDD, hold down Ctrl, select A, insert >floppy then boot), I'm having one hellava time convincing the Linux install >that partitions above partition 1 exist ... both Linux FDISK and Disk Druid >recon only partition 1 exists (it can see that there's a 20 gig drive, it >just recons 18 gig of that is empty). NOT having EZ-Bios loaded (ie. >booting straight off the floppy) gives the same result. > >Anyone got any ideas as to how to get Linux to see and install onto >partition 3 and not clobber the rest of my partitions? > >Cheers! > >- Raymond Heh.... ooooooh David :-) _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
