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BTW, the reason that I recommended the configuration that I did is for
expansion.
Also, I partition just / because it's easier that way, and ext2 can handle
it ;).
I am now at these stats, just FYI, I have a 3.5gb drive:
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/hda3 2390377 576791 1690006 25% /
/dev/hda1 1227312 409224 818088 33% /mnt/w95
/dev/hdc 517658 517658 0 100% /mnt/cdrom
Even though I'm not usign the full approx 2.5gb, the install can easily
take up just 850mb by itself, and I download a lot, so my space dwindles
lower and lower as time goes by.
3.8 gb on the Linux / partition ought to last you for quite a while, and I
think after you fill that up, you're other 10gb will be set up for Linux
use, too. ;)... Linux is much more efficient than Windows in 99% of the
tasks you'll do with it.
- Mike
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Fredrick Backman wrote:
> I have a 14GB disk on which I want to install Win98 together with Red
> Hat 5.0. I have read that Linux may have problems with accessing large
> disks where #cylinders > 1024 and I was wondering what suggestions you
> have on partitioning the disk. Suppose I need about 1GB for Linux. Will
> these partitions be successful:
>
> first 13GB: windows 98
> last 1GB: linux
>
> or should I put the Linux root partition (incl. /boot) somewhere within
> the first 1024 cylinders? And what about LILO, do I just install it and
> leave it or do I have to dig into the lilo.conf file?
>
>
> I have read a lot of HOWTOs and FAQs but they all seem a bit vague on
> this specific question. The Red Hat 5.0 guide says "some BIOSes can't
> access...data stored beyond cylinder 1023" and when I checked the user
> manual for the mother board it seems to me that it can access all of the
> 14GB using LARGE mode....and the LILO HOWTO kind of avoids dealing with
> the LARGE mode! So please give me some advice or further directions!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Fred
>
> ps. sorry if this message was duplicated - netscape problems.
>
>
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