On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, R_Yeo wrote:
> > If you're only going to put Linux on it, it should work OK
> > w/o EZ Drive.
> > John
>
> I've been following this thread to see if it would solve my problems as
> well. I have an IBM 10.1 Gb HDD, and in order to see anything above
> 8.4Gb, I had to download and install this pgm called Ontrack Manager.
> Am I right in presuming that Ontrack does the same thing as EZ-Drive?
> I have been having problems getting Linux to install on this disk.
> John, am I getting you right by saying that if I put Linux (and only
> Linux) on it, the entire 10Gb (minus partitioning overheads) would be
> seen?
>
> I have two more 3.2Gb HD set up as pri slave and sec master. Would I
> have a problem then to install a small Win partition on the pri slave?
> Would Win choke on not being in the pri master disk? The Win partition
> would only be for some 'legacy' programs like the IBM Ink Manager for my
> CrossPad
All linux needs is some way to boot, it only requires one disk that the
bios recognises, be it floppy, cd, ancient MFM, linux doesn't really care
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