b/web....you need to have two things before the 1024th cylinder.
1) your primary windows partition (it'll be drive C:) needs to
end before the 1024th cylinder (you can have another windows
partition that uses whatever other disc space left and it'll be
drive D:).
2) a small (16-24 megs) linux partition that you will have to
assign the mount point of /boot when you install linux. This
can be before or after the windows partition, but it does need
to end before the 1024th cylinder also.
So, withinin the first (approximately 8 meg) 1023 cylinders of
the 17 gig drive you must have a primary dos partition that is
set active and has windows installed on it
and
a 16-24 meg linux partition.
then the rest of the drive can contain
a) a second dos partition of any size
and
b) the rest of the partitions needed for the linux installation,
but at a minimum, a linux partition of 2-4 gig (or larger) that
will be assigned the mount point of / during linux
installation and a linux swap partition (size depends on your
memory size and intended usage, but let's say no les than 64 meg
and no larger than 128 meg).
Alan
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>
> Hi, I am now on my sixth day since I went out and purchased the brand new
> Linux Mandrake 7.0 Complete OS, and I still do not have it installed on my
> system, I only have four days left before I run out of time at the Software
> store to return it for a full refund.
>
> I am going through install h*ll with the Cylinder 1024 /boot directory
> thing or obstacle, which I now know to be infamous. I also now understand
> that Linux requires this Cylinder location for a /boot directory to be
> inserted(crazy man)? I also understand that the included boot program for
> the Linux Mandrake OS called 'Boot Magic' will not install and set up on my
> system because it says I do not have a Primary Partition below the 1024th
> Cylinder.
>
> I was able to install Partition Magic and repartition my hard drive, only
> to crash into 'Boot Magic's' refusal to install after already having
> repartitioned my hd. So, I departitioned my hard drive back to its original
> partition and then I uninstalled Partition Magic as I thought perhaps I
> could install Boot Magic first, but all to no avail.
>
> I am wondering how I go about clearing this 1024th cylinder so that Boot
> Magic can install itself there? Do I have to lose all of my current
> information on my hd? My current Window/dos disk usage is over 3GB, do I
> have to delete all of my current web servers, data bases, and a varitey of
> over 100 various applications in order to free up the space at the 1024th
> cylinder?
>
> I am totally lost as to how to go about opening up the space at this
> cylinder, I have been informed that I can make some settings and that I can
> repartition again, neither of which I understand? If this is possible where
> and how does one make such settings?
>
> My hard drive is 17GB and I was intending to install MDKL on a partition of
> about 4GB slightly larger than the size of my Windows current disk usage,
> as I intend to install all of the web servers, is this not a good idea?
> Does anyone know if all distributions of Linux have this same roadblock,
> (1024th cylinder) to installing the OS on a system, or can I just go and
> purchase Corel's or Debian's etc, instead?
>
> Much thanks in advance,
> b/web
