Linux-Misc Digest #752, Volume #27 Mon, 30 Apr 01 13:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Partition Problem and New HD (Manta)
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (hac)
slrn, leafnode & 'from:' header oddness (SammyTheSnake)
Re: linuxconf 7.1 (Mojo Nichols)
Re: RH7.1 and 2.4.4 my hd hangs (Chris Leahy)
reiserfs rescue disk/suse (John Doe)
Re: Samba over the internet? (Aaron Brice)
libfreetype.so.6 ("Chris Smith")
Re: reiserfs rescue disk/suse ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: libfreetype.so.6 (Robert Lynch)
Re: Evidence Eliminating .............10% OFF Instant Download
. 9676 (ChromeDome)
PPP, modems, incoming calls and IP addresses... ("Michael Pye")
Disc Partitioning & / ( root ) (Sony Anthony)
Re: libfreetype.so.6 ("Chris Smith")
Re: reiserfs rescue disk/suse (John Doe)
Re: RH7.1 and 2.4.4 my hd hangs (Chris Leahy)
Best way to manage source code? (MH)
Problem with ==>error opening type hash map virtusertable : Permission denied
("Paul")
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? ("Erik Funkenbusch")
Re: Disc Partitioning & / ( root ) (Robert Surenko)
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From: Manta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.windows98
Subject: Re: Partition Problem and New HD
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:14:45 GMT
AK wrote:
> I have 4 Primary Partitions:
>
> C:
> D:
> E:
> F:
>
> When I put my Removable drive in it shifts
> the Partitions,
>
> and I get:
>
> C:
>
> D: NEW HD
> E: NEW HD
>
> F:
> G:
> H:
>
> As you can imagine this cause a few problems in windows.
> I am planning on putting Linux and and keeping one partions
> for other stuff .. (this drive is removable).
>
> Would converting my partitions to Logical cause the two new
> partitions on this drive to go in the rightful place.. at the end?
>
> If so, would parition magic do this?
>
> --
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is the removable a ZIP drive. If so rerun the ZIP install utility with
the ZIP attached and it will give you the ability to name the drive the
ZIP is attached to.
--
Mike
Of all the things I have lost in my life I think I mis my mind the most.
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:34:17 GMT
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>
> "hac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> > >
> > > "Jonadab the Unsightly One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > "Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > That's silly. All you need is to queue the upgrade to
> > > > > > any given page until nobody's looking at it.
> > > > >
> > > > > And you magically know when nobody is looking at it, how?
> > > >
> > > > The OS should know that.
> > >
> > > It should? I didn't realize they had optical sensors that allowed the
> > > terminals to notice when someone was looking at the terminal or not.
> > >
> > Even an idiot should realize that no one is looking at a page that
> > isn't displayed. Ergo, pages not displayed may be updated. Which is
> > what he clearly intended to convey, before you went out of your way to
> > be obtuse and argumentative. Unless, of course, you really are that
> > stupid. You seem bent on convincing everyone that you are.
>
> How exactly do you "update the page" of a standalone application?
>
> His argument was about how a single app on a server accessed by terminals is
> easier to maintain than an HTML based system.
>
If he was talking about a single app that encapsulates the data, then
you have a point. I was thinking of a single application that is
delivers the data, where the data is stored as separate files,
records, whatever. You can certainly update records in a database
without restarting it. The key point is that the data is stored one
and only place. Browsers store a local copy, which complicates
updates.
The drawback to HTTP for this application is that when a page is
requested, a connection is opened, the page downloaded, and the
connection is then dropped. It's designed to be stateless, which is
good for what it was designed for. But in this application, you would
like to know what each screen is displaying. With HTTP, you have to
add another layer, with the server keeping track of what page was last
downloaded to which screen. It's easier if you use a protocol that
keeps the connection open, automatically locking the
page/screen/file/record. And an open connection simplifies displaying
dynamic data.
HTML is designed to put the browser in charge of the display. For the
web, that's good, as it lessens the load on the server. For a factory
environment, the load is finite, and there are advantages to using
dumb displays that are firmly in control of a central server. HTTP's
statelessness, local caching, and other features actually get in your
way for this application. The smarter the remote systems are, the
more complicated synchronizing updates can become. It's easier to
update one place than everywhere.
You can certainly use another SGML-derived markup language, such as
XML. The problem is not with the HTML so much as it is with HTTP.
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Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Subject: slrn, leafnode & 'from:' header oddness
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 15:35:21 +0100
I'm using slrn to post to localhost which is running leafnode which connects
to news.ntlworld.com via an ntlworld dialup account. My from: address is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] whereas it really _should_ be [EMAIL PROTECTED],
my username on my local computer is sammy and the hostname for the local
computer is osyd, so I can see a rationale for some of this addy, but the
rest is a mystery!
anone think they can shed some light on this?
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
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From: Mojo Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: linuxconf 7.1
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:50:54 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MrEye wrote:
> I just installed rh7.1. the last rh distribution I used was rh6.2. What
> happened to 'linuxconf'. I need it to modify the users. Does rh7.1 have a
> different configuration tool?
I have rh7.0 and it is not in any of the default menus (that I see), but
works fine from the command prompt.
[root] # linuxconf &
Mojo
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From: Chris Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and 2.4.4 my hd hangs
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:49:11 -0400
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John Watson wrote:
> I agree but before the 2.4.x kernel I had no problems. I came from 2.2
> and upgraded to 7.1 and then upgraded its kernel to 2.4.4 and the
> problem came when I upgraded to 7.1. When I do shutdown -r 0 how can I
> tell /dev/hdb to wake up first then finish with the shutdown?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Chris Leahy wrote:
>
Try scripting your shutdown process.
Something that would access the hard drive briefly but enough to force
it to wake up, then proceed with the shutdown
for instance
#!/bin/sh
echo "Wake up and go to sleep" > /tmp/wake ;
shutdown -r now
Something like this would do a quick write to the drive forcing it to wake up
then once the drive was awake and the small file written, it immediately shuts down.
You also get to be amused by using a famous 3 stooges line.
Of course replace the path in the example with one that writes to hdb.
save this script as whatever you like, chmod +x $FILENAME
place it in your PATH and you can then shutdown with a one work command that wakes
the drive up first.
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John Watson wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I agree but before the 2.4.x kernel I had no problems.
I came from 2.2
<br>and upgraded to 7.1 and then upgraded its kernel to 2.4.4 and the
<br>problem came when I upgraded to 7.1. When I do shutdown -r 0
how can I
<br>tell /dev/hdb to wake up first then finish with the shutdown?
<p>Thanks.
<p>Chris Leahy wrote:
<br> </blockquote>
Try scripting your shutdown process.
<p>Something that would access the hard drive briefly but enough to force
<br>it to wake up, then proceed with the shutdown
<p>for instance
<p>#!/bin/sh
<br>echo "Wake up and go to sleep" > /tmp/wake ;
<br>shutdown -r now
<p>Something like this would do a quick write to the drive forcing it to
wake up
<br>then once the drive was awake and the small file written, it immediately
shuts down.
<br>You also get to be amused by using a famous 3 stooges line.
<br>Of course replace the path in the example with one that writes to hdb.
<p>save this script as whatever you like, chmod +x $FILENAME
<br>place it in your PATH and you can then shutdown with a one work command
that wakes
<br>the drive up first.
<br>
<br>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: reiserfs rescue disk/suse
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 15:09:37 GMT
I searched on google about this
top but no luck.
I've got rh7.0 and since just before
2.4 came out I converted my main workstation
to reiserfs completely. Up to
this morning I had /sbin/fsck.reiserfs symlinked
to /bin/true and my system boots beautifully.
In a moment of insanity I made it symlinked
to /sbin/reiserfsck and now my system refuses
to boot. (reiserfsck refuses to check the writable
partition and my /dev/hda1 is writable)
1. Rescue disks set I have does not support reiserfs
and I wonder whether anyone knows a place
where I can download such a set
2. Redhat fails to boot and ask me to for root
password for maintainence. But they
mount the damn thing as read only
and I can't do any frigging repair. Are
redhat people idiots for mounting the
repair root system read only??
3. I read in the past that I might be able
resuce the system by booting into single
user mode. How does one do that? I type
at lilo prompt
linux 1
linux single
linux init=1
But none of them works. Maybe redhat
fails to boot to even singel user level
4. I downloaded a couple of images from suse
under 7.1 directory named bootdisk, rescue
because I heard that suse supports reiserfs.
Can any suse users confirm that?
If anyone has any quick fix to this mess I'd appreciate it.
At the last resort I may have to mount the drive on the another system.
Thanks
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From: Aaron Brice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba over the internet?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 15:27:22 GMT
> Err., first you ask you want your friend be able to connect to your
> samba server
> over the internet and now you're talking about your mom sharing files
> with you?
>
I'm using my friend to get it working. Troubleshooting is far easier with someone
who knows their way around computers. The ultimate goal is to get my mom to be
able to attach my computer as a network drive.
> Perhaps others are, you might have enough bandwith, to make some SPAMMER
> happy, case he can gain access to your box and some admins unhappy, who
> have the trouble/SPAM...
>
I've set the hosts allow variable to only allow IP addresses that I specifically
add. She'd be connecting using a user that has no .profile and no rights, so if
someone did figure out her password from the encrypted password she sends over the
internet, what could they do? I'm not running sendmail or anything like it.
Jeez, anytime anyone posts a message on this forum about anything other than ssh,
people jump on them and tell them about all the horrible things that are going to
happen to them if they don't use ssh to do whatever it is they want to do. I'll
take my chances, now can anyone answer the question?
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From: "Chris Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: libfreetype.so.6
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:38:57 +0100
Hi
Does anyone know in which rpm package on the RedHat V7.1 install CDs I might
find the file libfreetype.so.6?
TIA
Chris
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VSPL, The Old Court House
Trinity Road, Marlow
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+44 (0)1628 891616 Phone
+44 (0)1628 472137 Fax
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reiserfs rescue disk/suse
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:39:05 +0200
John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2. Redhat fails to boot and ask me to for root
> password for maintainence. But they
> mount the damn thing as read only
> and I can't do any frigging repair. Are
> redhat people idiots for mounting the
> repair root system read only??
In that respect, no. You're supposed to do a
mount -nwo remount /
Just like the startup scripts (read 'em!).
And sync frequently.
Peter
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From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: libfreetype.so.6
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:10:19 -0700
Chris Smith wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Does anyone know in which rpm package on the RedHat V7.1 install CDs I might
> find the file libfreetype.so.6?
>
> TIA
>
> Chris
>
> --
>
> =====================
> Chris Smith
> Tech. Support Mgr
> VSPL, The Old Court House
> Trinity Road, Marlow
> Bucks. SL7 3AN
> +44 (0)1628 891616 Phone
> +44 (0)1628 472137 Fax
# whereis libfreetype.so.6
libfreetype.so: /usr/lib/libfreetype.so /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
# rpm -qf /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
freetype-2.0.1-4
Bob L.
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From: ChromeDome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.embedded,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.m68k
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From: "Michael Pye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: PPP, modems, incoming calls and IP addresses...
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:09:03 +0100
OK, here's one to really puzzle over.
I want to set up my system so that when it detects an incoming call on the
modem line, as soon as the caller hangs up it starts a ppp connection to my
dial up ISP and sends a mail to me informing me of the IP address it has
been allocated.
I want to be able to use my box as a web server for testing purposes while I
am at college on their network where they won't allow me a Linux machine.
Problem is I have a dial up connection which is disconnected after 2 hours
so I can't just leave it on...
Any ideas about how to do this or what to research.
I was thinking maybe where to find logs of modem activity and a cron task to
check every minute or two is a call has come in...
Thanks
MP
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From: Sony Anthony <"ffdfptz"@[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Disc Partitioning & / ( root )
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:20:12 -0400
Hi:
following are couple of my understanding about disc partitioning ( Pl
correct me if I m wrong ) ...
1. All bootable partitions should be in the first hard disk
2. All bootable partitions should be a primary partition
3. All bootable partitions should start below 1024 MB
Then it turns out that the root ( / ) partition for linux should be
below 1024 MB. Since this is true for the C: drive for windows also,
I always end up with the following partition strategy all the time..
1. / partition sitting at 0 - 500 MB
2. C: drive starts at 500MB and spans 5 GB or something
3. The remaining hard disk partitioned as a huge extended partition
( that contains both windows logical drives and logical partitions for
linux ).
4. LILO sitting in /dev/hda MBR
I never thought about this till recently, I know I m wrong somewhere
since this will prevent me from adding one more OS, since it s root
drive has to be in the first 1024 MB.
Could somebody clarify the confusion. Also does anybody have any better
partitioning strategy.
Thanks
sony
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From: "Chris Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: libfreetype.so.6
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:31:40 +0100
Bob
Many thanks - file now traced to freetype-2.0.1-4
Chris
"Robert Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Chris Smith wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Does anyone know in which rpm package on the RedHat V7.1 install CDs I
might
> > find the file libfreetype.so.6?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > --
> >
> > =====================
> > Chris Smith
> > Tech. Support Mgr
> > VSPL, The Old Court House
> > Trinity Road, Marlow
> > Bucks. SL7 3AN
> > +44 (0)1628 891616 Phone
> > +44 (0)1628 472137 Fax
>
> # whereis libfreetype.so.6
> libfreetype.so: /usr/lib/libfreetype.so /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
> # rpm -qf /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6
> freetype-2.0.1-4
>
> Bob L.
> --
> Robert Lynch Berkeley CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: Re: reiserfs rescue disk/suse
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:43:15 GMT
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:39:05 +0200, Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 2. Redhat fails to boot and ask me to for root
>> password for maintainence. But they
>> mount the damn thing as read only
>> and I can't do any frigging repair. Are
>> redhat people idiots for mounting the
>> repair root system read only??
>
>In that respect, no. You're supposed to do a
>
> mount -nwo remount /
>
>Just like the startup scripts (read 'em!).
>
>And sync frequently.
>
>Peter
Thank you very much Peter. That is the best trick I have seen in
a long time.
later
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From: Chris Leahy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and 2.4.4 my hd hangs
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:54:07 -0400
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or even better so you can pass the args to shutdown that you like...
#!/bin/sh
echo "Wake up and go to sleep" > /dir_on_hdb/wake ;
shutdown $1 $2
you can name the script "shaddap" or something :)
then execute "shaddap -r now" and you get the same type of shutdown
using the same familiar args but the script wakes hdb up first.
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<br>or even better so you can pass the args to shutdown that you like...
<p>#!/bin/sh
<br>echo "Wake up and go to sleep" > /dir_on_hdb/wake ;
<br>shutdown $1 $2
<p>you can name the script "shaddap" or something :)
<p>then execute "shaddap -r now" and you get the same type of shutdown
<br>using the same familiar args but the script wakes hdb up first.
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Best way to manage source code?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:56:42 -0700
Aside from compiling kernels, I generally don't compile from source.
Generally, I rely on RPM or DEB packages. Originally, I did this because I
wasn't familiar with the process of compiling source. Also, I wasn't aware
of some of the benefits of compiling from source--namely, customization. I
also wasn't aware that it was generally possible to uninstall compiled
packages as easily as it was RPM or DEB packages.
I have since learned more about compiling, installing, and uninstalling
source packages, but effective maintenance, and ease of maintenance, seems
to depend greatly on how you manage source packages. For example, there is
the issue of space. There is also the issue of complexity. By that I
mean that some packages (KDE or GNOME, e.g.) actually consist of dozens of
individual source packages, some of which may have to be compiled in a
specific order?
I am sure there are other issues, for example compiling for specific
kernels or libraries? Is there a good guide available on how to manage
source packages? Ideas, comments, pointers will be appreciated.
TIA
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From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with ==>error opening type hash map virtusertable : Permission denied
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:57:11 +0200
Reply-To: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hello...
When I'm trying to launch the following command line I recive the
following errors:
=======================
command line ==>"# makemap hash /etc/mail/virtusertable <
/etc/mail/virtusertable"
.....
this is the answer
......
makemap: error opening type hash map /etc/mail/virtusertable: Permission
denied
........
or
command line ==>"# /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart"
=======================
this is the answer....
........
Shutting down sendmail: [ OK ]
Starting sendmail: makemap: error opening type hash map
/etc/mail/virtusertable: Permission denied
makemap: error opening type hash map /etc/mail/access: Permission denied
makemap: error opening type hash map /etc/mail/domaintable: Permission
denied
makemap: error opening type hash map /etc/mail/mailertable: Permission
denied
......
.....
..
=====================
Can Anybody Help me! 8-((((
Thank's ...
Paul
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From: "Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:59:25 -0500
"Jonadab the Unsightly One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > It should? I didn't realize they had optical sensors that allowed the
> > terminals to notice when someone was looking at the terminal or not.
>
> Oh, that's easy. If they don't press a key in over twenty
> minutes, you go to a blank screen until they press a key.
> If they don't notice the blank screen in ten minutes, they're
> not looking at it, so you automatically reset the terminal.
Still not good enough. They might be building a unit, and this might take
30, 40, 60 minutes, meanwhile their workorder is up and in the "in-process"
stage. Resetting the terminal can have a nasty effect on that. Further,
how exactly do you know when the terminals screen saver has kicked in with a
vt100 terminal?
> > That "page"? We're talking about a standalone application versus HTML.
>
> Page, screen, menu, record, file, function, whatever. I was
> trying to be general, since obviously the precise content of
> the CRT display will vary from application to application.
And how do you update only that page, or rather the other pages without
effecting that one in a standalone app?
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From: Robert Surenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Disc Partitioning & / ( root )
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:00:02 GMT
Sony Anthony <"ffdfptz"@[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi:
> following are couple of my understanding about disc partitioning ( Pl
> correct me if I m wrong ) ...
> 1. All bootable partitions should be in the first hard disk
> 2. All bootable partitions should be a primary partition
1 and 2 are only correct for Windows. Most other OS's don't
have this limitation.
my /boot is almost always a logical partition.
> 3. All bootable partitions should start below 1024 MB
This may no longer be true. I haven't tried it but lilo has eliminated
this restriction if your BIOS supports it.
> Then it turns out that the root ( / ) partition for linux should be
> below 1024 MB. Since this is true for the C: drive for windows also,
> I always end up with the following partition strategy all the time..
> 1. / partition sitting at 0 - 500 MB
> 2. C: drive starts at 500MB and spans 5 GB or something
> 3. The remaining hard disk partitioned as a huge extended partition
> ( that contains both windows logical drives and logical partitions for
> linux ).
> 4. LILO sitting in /dev/hda MBR
> I never thought about this till recently, I know I m wrong somewhere
> since this will prevent me from adding one more OS, since it s root
> drive has to be in the first 1024 MB.
> Could somebody clarify the confusion. Also does anybody have any better
> partitioning strategy.
> Thanks
> sony
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