Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 17:42:11 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Hibernation Area Setup & Dual Boot OS Setup
Mark Srebnik wrote: > > Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 11:20:57 -0700 > From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Hibernation Area Setup & Dual Boot OS Setup > > Thanks Matt and Philip for your recent advice on getting my new 60 GB hard > drive working properly with EZ-Drive and about hibernation area setup. > > Have some questions about properly setting up hibernation area and would > greatly appreciate some more advice. > Don't want to screw up my hard drive! It's working well at the moment (knock > on wood...). > > Also, have question about dual boot setup for other OS'es.... > > 1. HIBERNATION AREA SETUP > > When you said to: > > "set aside 71MB partition space around the 8 GB boundary so your Libretto > doesn't write over data there" > > and referred to "hibernation area" > > Are you saying that this needs to be an actual separate hard drive partition > ?? > > With it's own drive letter (E:, etc) ?? > > Or is this just some special area you create on the partition I've already > created? The most illuminating answer is this: "The Libretto BIOS hibernation routine couldn't care less what's in that area, it'll simply overwrite anything there". So, it is up to you decide what to put there. I did assign a partition and assigned it type A0 (= IBM hibernation partition, whatever it may be. It happened to appear in Linux fdisk's partiton type list, and when I saw it I thought: "Aha...."). But you can leave the space just empty as well. Do not assign it a type which is native to any operating system you run. > Below is a copy of my partition info report from PartitionMagic, so you can > see info on how drive is setup now: : <snipped> > Based upon the above, what should I do to create this hibernation area > properly. Please be explicit as I'm not an expert in this kind of thing! Sorry I never bother, I just only look at cylinder numbers as that's what all operating systems agree on. The more since you mentioned Linux below. And in addition you've used EZ-drive, that's the moment I give up helping because then all disk info is translated while the BIOS hibernation stuff doesn't use EZ-drive. I have no experience with it. Other people on the list may help you here. BTW, only Microsoft allows partitions to not coincide with cylinder boundaries, so only with M$ OSes CHS-stuff is needed (up to 8 GB, beyond that it doesn't work for MBRs anyway). Partition boot sectors are irrelevant here. A message or so ago I wrote down the (not translated) GB numbers & cylinder numbers (both mean the same thing) which you should keep free. Just do that. Now just bite the bullet... > 2. DUAL (Or Tri) BOOT OS SETUP > > Currently, have Win98SE installed as my OS. > > Thought I'd use Win2K (or WinXP) on another partition and Linux on another > partition. > > Unless fellow Libretterati think it would make more sense to put Win2K (or > WinXP) on my current partition and the Linux on another. Thus eliminating > Win98SE altogether. Well I personally wouldn't remove Win98, because when one installs Win2K besides Win98, locked system files from the one can easily be fiddled with from the other (as long as the primary C: partition is FAT or FAT32). But that implies one is willing to fiddle around. Otherwise, there is no need to keep Win98, I suppose. Just a hint: I found out it is possible to share most if not all programs between Win98 and Win2K (provided these programs are compatible with both OSs), simply in C:\Program Files. Turns out even IE6SP1 and Outlook and Netmeeting and everything else M$-specific can be shared. Same applies to the swap file. Also antivirus definitions updated in one OS appear updated in the other, too! Just install first in Win98 and then again in Win2K (in the same location), so that both have the proper registry keys. Some programs do not need registry keys, once installed in the one OS they just work by copying shortcuts from the other. On my Libretto/Windows web page I've outlined how to proceed with several programs. It may be needed to edit some registry keys, i.e. the "Program Files directory", just go ahead and try. Philip ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------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 **************************************************************
