welcome gaurav
u do the following things to install RHL
Make a small / 20 MB Linux partition within the first 1024 cylinders.
This would mean that it is in the first 8 GB of HDD.
Then assign the mount point as "/boot".
Thereafter you can put the root partitions etc. anywhere.
However I would suggest that instead of going in for a single big root
partition of 4 G, you instead make 2G for root, and put the rest as
the /usr, so in case you have to reinstall the system,
your data would not be affected.
OR
Next boot from the RH6.2 CD and select Custom install.
You can create the following logical partitions from fdisk/disk druid
/ - 200MB
/home - 1GB
swap - 200MB
/usr - 1.5GB
and assign the mount point /boot to the 20MB partition.
(you can change the above to suit your needs)
Select the packages you require....
Install lilo in the first sector of the boot partition and not the MBR.
After install if the system boots to windows, run fdisk and change the
active partition. Reboot and at the lilo prompt type linux.
try it
manish
(happy linuxing)
gandhingar
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From: g p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 3:36 PM
Subject: [LIH] linux help
> Hi,
>
> I am Gaurav from Ahmedabad , India and am a linux novice. I tried
> installing Linux(Red Hat 6.2), but had few problems which am listing
below.
> Please write to me if u have any solutions. That will be of great help as
> nobody here has given me a solution.
>
> My sytem has a 15 gb hard-drive and had Windows-NT loaded on 9gb
> of space. I tried to install Linux on the rest 6 gb, but disk druid
> did not create the partition as the cylinder number exceeded 1024 whic
> i am told is maximum for linux. One solution given to me is to remove
> Win NT, and the load Linux first and then NT but that is not feasible.
> Please suggest me what should i do.
>
> -Gaurav
>
> -Gaurav
>
> www.gauravshomepage.4mg.com
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