Hello all,
I personally feel that GNU/Linux installation into the M$
Extended Partition can and should be avoided especially if it is a fresh
installation.As Bish had indicated using the old fdisk we can create a
Primary GNU/Linux Native partition(hda3) and Primary GNU/Linux Swap
Partition(hda4) leaving the first two for a M$ Primary and M$ Extended
Partitions. This can be done using the fdisk available at installation time
by choosing the cylinders start and end boundaries. Also only one mount
point(/) needs to be given on the Primary GNU/Linux Native partition.Also
approx 20 cylinders(about 200 MB on a 20 GB HDD) can be created for the swap.
I am using the term GNU/Linux because Richard Stallman when he visited India
sometime back urged the public to prefix the GNU as he felt Linux was just
not the proper name for the OS. Correct me if I am wrong.
Have a good day,
G.Sriram.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I tried to help a friend of mine , with a 20 GB Hard Disk ,
>to get a dual-boot Win - Lin machine.
>He did not have time , so I chose RedHat7.0
>I deleted all partitions on his Hard disk ,
>then :
>1)Created a 2GB DOS Primary Partition.
>2)Installed Red Hat 7.0 which means , of my own choice , I gave it a
> total of 4 GB
>3)Yes , the dual - boot is fine , you get Linux , you get Win 98.
>4)The next thing I do is "to get logical partitions for Windows".16 GB
> still remains un-allocated.
>5)I create partitions for Windows from what is shown as free space in
> cfdisk.
>6)I guess I had the following options :
>0B Win95 FAT32 0E Win95 FAT16 (LBA) 0F Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> for making those Windoze partitions.
>7)I chose either 0B or 0E but not 0F.
>8)The "D:" stuff came right.
>9)But when I made 2 more partitions (I chose 4 GB for the new partition1
>and 5GB for the new partition3) - a very strange thing happened :
> Windoze showed "E:" and "F:" alright , but they were exactly the same
> ! All files you have in "E:" , you have on "F:" ,etc.
> They were the same even in size !
>10)This obviously meant one thing :
> After making "D:" , ehen I tried to make 2 more partitions ,
> Actually , only one was made --- while the other was unseeable
> space!
>11)I used the Windoze Boot Floppy and fdisk-ed , and learnt that all the
> 16 GB was an extended partition !
> Then where had the 20 Gb -2 - 4-" 4 " =10 GB gone ?
>Should I have chosen 0F while making "D:" ?
>Regards,
Shyam
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