On Monday 28 Mar 2005 23:33, riccardo wrote:
> On Monday 28 March 2005 08:58 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> > My main question is: �will the boot loader (Lilo) maintain windows
> > access.
>
> _______________
>
> my LILO.CONF [ /etc/lilo.conf ] is like this :-
> _______________________
>
> # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Sep 28 02:21:33 2002
>
>
> # LILO configuration file
> # Start LILO global Section
> # If you want to prevent console users to boot with init=/bin/bash,
> # restrict usage of boot params by setting a passwd and using the
> option
> # restricted.
> #password=bootpwd
> #restricted
> # append = enableapic
> append = "hda=10011,255,63"
> # boot = /dev/hda
> boot = /dev/fd0
> # disk = /dev/scd0
> #compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
> # linear
> lba32
> vga = normal
> # message = /boot/message
> menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
> read-only
> prompt
> timeout = 100
>
> image = /boot/vmlinuz8
> label = sus80
> initrd = /boot/initrd8
> optional
> root = /dev/hda7
>
> image = /boot/memtest.bin
> label = memtest86
> optional
>
> image = /boot/vmlinuz8
> label = sus8_hda6
> initrd = /boot/initrd8
> root = /dev/hda6
>
> image = /boot/vmlinuz9
> label = SuSE_9
> initrd = /boot/initrd9
> root = /dev/hda5
>
> other = /dev/hda2
> label = win2k
> table = /dev/hda
> ..................................
>
> Last item, above, boots Windows2000
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> > Maybe I should also ask: �recommended partitions?
>
> .....................................
> Partition Table for /dev/hda
>
> First Last
> # Type Sector Sector Offset Length Filesystem Type (ID)
> Flags
> -- ------- -------- --------- ------ --------- ----------------------
> ---------
> 1 Primary 0 192779 63 192780 Linux (83)
> Boot (80)
> 2 Primary 192780 4883759 0 4690980 HPFS/NTFS (07)
> None (00)
> 3 Primary 4883760 5863724 0 979965 Linux swap (82)
> None (00)
> 4 Primary 5863725 160826714 0 154962990 Extended (05)
> Boot (80)
> 5 Logical 5863725 57030749 63 51167025 Linux (83)
> None (00)
> 6 Logical 57030750 108197774 63 51167025 Linux (83)
> None (00)
> 7 Logical 108197775 159364799 63 51167025 Linux (83)
> None (00)
> 8 Logical 159364800 160826714 63 1461915 EFI (FAT-12/16/32 (EF)
> None (00)
> ................................
>
> What happens: hda1 is /boot partition max 100 MB type ext2
>
> hda2 is M$ Partition
> hda3 is Linux Swap [ reason: have Swap as a
> Buffer, because M$ does not always respect linux partition boundaries]
>
> ~ all Linux partitions [except /boot ] are Reiser
>
> Partition hda8 is for old M$ junk : FAT
>
> { personnally, i like CFDISK to make partitions }
>
> ...................................
>
> best rgds
> ________
Thanks - if I do reinstall I need to keep it as simple as posibble
Rosemary
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