If you have the full version of partition magic or partition commander, do this. 1. copy any important datfiles on your linux partition to the windoze partition 2. delete one of the linux partitions, since you've just installed it, you'll lose less work than deleting your windows partition 3. move your windows partition to leave about 1.5-2 gig at the start of the drive, this will become your root partition 4. reinstall mandrake and set up the rest of your linux partitions or vice versa- depends if you set up the partitions using PM or PC or if you use disk druid during the install. I went through this on my 10 gig drive and both windows and linux will boot from lilo, Sam John Aldrich wrote: > On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > I've just used Partition Mmagic to split up a 13.6 gig > > drive into a few partitions to install Mandrake 6.1 > > on. However, I can only boot linux from floppy (which > > takes 5-7 minutes), and not from LILO, cause lilo > > can't install itself into the MBR due to a "1024 > > cylinder limit". Is there any way around this?...I've > > read the how-to's, but can't find a simple, easy way > > to pull this off. > > > Create a "/boot" directory at the head of the drive. Then, install > Linux. It should auto-detect that /boot directory and all should be > well with the world. It doesn't have to be huge, just 10-15 megs > should be sufficient. > John
