Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:27:55 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WinNT and big hard drives ... *sigh*
Hi all! OK at this point I'm giving up on getting the Linux FDD to work ... however many times I try and patch the kernel directory I can't get the FDD block device showing up in 'make menuconfig' ... ah well at least networking works ... I hardly use the fdd in Windows anyway besides if I REALLY needed to use it I could reboot into Windows, push the stuff from fdd to a FAT16 partition then reboot in Linux and mount it. My NEXT problem is getting WinNT to work. Has anyone got any experiences regarding getting WinNT to work alongside EZ-Bios? At the moment I've got my NT partition (its FAT16 so if something goes crazy I can still jump into it from Win95) as the first logical drive, sitting just below the free space I've left for hibernation. The thing is, the extended partition in which it sits spans the 1024th cylinder. I realize I can't actually install NT on that drive because Service Pack 1 (ie. install time) falls over on big hard drives so I installed on my old 770 meg hard drive, applied service pack 6a (which enables drive support to the terabyte range) then I ghosted it onto the new drive (with EZ-Bios enabled of course) and then applied NTLDR and whatnot onto the primary partition (yes I've confirmed that NTLDR works, I've even got it loading Lilo which lead to an interesting boot loop where Lilo's default boot was /dev/hda1 and NTLDR (on /dev/hda1) had its default boot set to Lilo!). The problem is, I can get NTLDR (the SP6 version) to load but soon after I pop into the blue screen stage of loading (and I've confirmed that its recognised Service Pack 6) I get a STOP 0x0000007B, Inaccessible Boot Device error. There are a few known issues on the MSKB about this including one specific to Toshiba laptops but according to Microsoft they *should* all have been fixed by service pack 4 ... certainly they shouldn't still be around at SP6a. Anyone got any ideas? At the moment I'm thinking of swapping the Linux swap partition (which is primary partition 3, sitting just before the start of the extended partition) with the NT partition. How would I go about telling linux that its swap partition has changed from /dev/hda3 to /dev/hda5? Is this really a good idea and/or will it really make any difference? Any ideas greatly appreciated! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
