I think the 4 partition limit is for Primary partitions. This is OS
dependent.
Mani
-----Original Message-----
From: Naresh Narang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 9:25 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [linux-delhi] Partition/Win95 problem
I have a similar configuration but Hard disk sizes are less:
Disk 1: (6GB)
1 GB Linux
1.5 GB NT
3.5 GB Win95 (500 MB Primary dos, 3GB Extended)
Disk 2: (270MB)
200 MB Linux Swap
70 MB Win95 Extended
Procedure Followed:
First install Win95 in 500 MB or so in Fat16, then make extended
partition in Fat32. Then install NT and Linux in the last. You will need
another disk of may be smaller capacity, since it is not possible to create
more than 4 partitions in x86 machines. (BIOS limit?). Solaris on x86 allows
multiple logical partitions to be created within a single Non-Dos Hard disk
Partition! :)
Regards,
NKN
>From: Raju Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [linux-delhi] Partition/Win95 problem
>Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:17:09 +0530 (IST)
>
>Hi,
>
>I have the following disk partition setup:
>
> hda1 2G Linux
> hda2 2G NT with Windows95 bootloader on boot record
> hda3 2G '95
> hda rest (13G) free
>
>When I boot Winduhs it loads the boot loader from hda2 (C:) and that
>boots Winduhs from hda3 (D:). Winduhs is installed on D: (hda3).
>
>However, if I make an extended partition on the rest of the disk, the
>Winduhs boot fails... C: is readable, but it refuses to access D: with
>``unreadable media byte'' and drops me into a MS-DUH prompt.
>
>Removing the extended partition fixes the problem... Winduhs boots
>normally again and D: is accessible. Why should making an extended
>partition make '95 complain about ``unreadable media byte''s on
>existing partitions?
>
>Anyone seen anything like this? Know a solution? I'd sure like to
>use some of the remaining 13GB in the disk for constructive purposes!
>
>Regards,
>
>-- Raju
>
>P.S. in case you're wondering about the NT, I installed that first on
>C: and then installed '95 on D: . Of course, MS products are
>completely incompatible with each other, so '95 overwrote NT's boot
>sector and now I can't boot NT at all!
>
>P.P.S. I have legal copies of all these softwares :-)
>
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