Shridhar Daithankar wrote on Friday, April 12, 2002 9:27 AM > And for all it's trouble worth I would recommed reinstalling everything with > following partition scheme > > 1)/dev/hda1 4GB FAT for Windows c: > 2)/dev/hda2 3GB for linux / > 3)/dev/hda3 swap 256MB > 4)/dev/hda4 extended everything else. > > And put lilo on /dev/hda2. > In general it's a good idea to install only windows OS on c:
But now c: is for windows only & whatever new partition I had carved our is of ext2 type so why windows explorer should be confused is question, it is really funny stuff its showing E: as Total space 3.34 gb, Free space 3.66 gb, How is it possible ? Is it some danger sign or can I ignore it ? and keep > everything else on some other drive. c: still swells with new installations but > usually doesn't overflow. > > And since you have two OS's running, you don't need to wipe out your machine > entirely. Uninstall all windows software, back up data on linux partitiona and > reinstall windows. Restore all data and reinstall linux. It's time consuming > but painless and easy. Dont have facilty for a backup, just a home pc thats all. So difficult redo from start if not impossible. ~Sachin _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
