>Perhaps you know already that Linux does not need to be installed to a primary partition?
Hi James No, I must sheepishly confess I did not realize that. I always tried to partition whichever hard drive I was using and give whatever flavour I was using, a primary partition. Partition Magic v 3 (very old I realize but it's what I've got) is not graphically showing all the logical drives I made in my W98SE install; and when I tried one of its stand alone DOS programs (PARTINFO dot exe) I was given an error so I stopped for the time being. Will get back with the exact details later. Instead of working any more with my drive and possibly losing all instead of gaining access to the other 20 free gigabytes, I downloaded KNOPPIX and am ecstatic to have been able to get it to run exactly as the website said it would. It even found my network card and jumped onto the internet using my 3Com hub and Efficient Speedstream high speed modem from Bell Sympatico. This is a first for me. Even Lindows wouldn't do that for me, and that is supposed to be it's strong point. I'm beginning to suspect I was very close a lot of times with other versions, but was tripped up by the network card(s). Lorraine James Miller wrote: > > On 3 Oct 2002, LL Phillips wrote: > > > Regarding the statement "Each would need a separate partition, AFAIK" > > I've recently considered dual booting my W98SE hard drive which is 40G > > total size with only 20G used made up of C: primary partition and > > D,E,F,G,H all logical drives in one extended partition (each around > > 3-6G each) > > > > When I put in my W98SE boot disk to make a second PRIMARY partition I > > was not allowed because fdisk told me there was already a primary > > partition existing. > > > > If I wanted to have W98SE, Debian and Peanut Linux all on the same > > drive how would I go about that. Was I wrong to put in the W98SE boot > > / rescue disk. Lindows (I'm an insider > > /pre-general-release-by-subscription user) will install beside windows > > if one has space on the drive, (it is called a friendly install). I > > felt it was too risky to proceed because I didn't want to damage my > > W98SE main everyday machine. Asus A7V motherboard. > > > > Would you advise using a Linux distribution root / boot diskette > > combination to set up my hard drive. (I've ruined about 8 laptop > > drives in the past trying so am nervous). > > Lorraine > > > > Lorraine: > > It would help if you were to explain a bit more about what you're trying > to do. Perhaps you know already that Linux does not need to be installed > to a primary partition? And yes, M$'s fdisk is very limited in the way you > can manipulate your hard drive. M$ would like for you to have only one > primary partition on your drive (and would like for it ot be the exclusive > property of Windows, in case you didn't know :) ). Of the OS's you > mention, perhaps only Peanut Linux would require a primary partition > insofar as, as I understand it, it is meant to install to a DOS partition. > If it does *not* require a primary partition, there are other utilities > (freeware/shareware) that will allow you to create either primary or > extended DOS (FAT whatever) partitions. I could recommend some, if that > would help you. Unfortunately, partitioning drives is *always* tricky, and > there is always some risk of data loss. Commercial progs with a nice gui > (e.g., Partition Magic) give some greater sense of security inasmuch as > they give you a visual representation of what they're doing. But even they > warn about the potential for data loss. > > Based on some more information about precisely what you'd like to do, > perhaps I can make some more helpful suggestions. Sorry if I've > misunderstood your inquiry. > > James > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
