Just been through this with my son's computer. We
installed a copy of Mandrake 6.1, but the version of
XFree86 with this didn't support the video card. Now
got it working using Mandrake 7.0.
You need to have one Linux partition below the 1024
mark to use LILO. We boot Linux from floppy using LILO
with Windows booting from the HD.
We put the "/" partition there (just below 1024, as a
primary partition /dev/hda2), with an extended
partition (/dev/hda3) above 1024, containing separate
logical partitions for swap, /usr and /home . It looks
to me as if we could have got away with a smaller
partition for /boot below 1024, then put everything
else in the extended partition above 1024.
If I was to reconfigure the whole machine, I might try
putting /boot at the start of the disk, quite small,
then the Windows C: drive, followed by any other
logical DOS drives, with all the rest of my linux
partitions at the end. That would give me more scope
for using something like Partition Magic to resize
partitions later on. Anyway, it's working now, so best
left alone.
It did take quite a few false starts before we got
linux to load, but it looks good now. Best of luck.
Ed H
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have been trying to install Mandrake Linux V7.0
> but having some
> difficulty.
>
> The first time I installed it, windows were deleted
> from the hard disk.
>
> I have one 40Gb hard disk.
>
> I have re-partitioned the hard disk into two 20Gb
> partitions.
> The first partition is the PRIMARY partition, and
> this is drive C.
> The second partition is Extended DOS with a ligical
> drive D.
>
> Under Linux the two partitions are /dev/hda1 and
> /dev/hda2.
>
> I installed Windows98 on Drive C (the first
> partition).
> Now I have intalled Linux on the second partition.
> Using DiskDrake tool
> supplied with Mandrake, I re-partitioned /dev/hda2
> into three partitions
> as follows:
>
> Root '/' This is about 1500Mb.
> SWAP '/swap' This is about 128Mb
> HOME '/home' Rest of /dev/hda2
>
>
> I could not create '/boot' partition because the
> cylinder number was
> higher than 1023. This means I could not install
> LILO.
>
>
> I can boot Linux using the floopy.
> Windows boot normally.
>
>
> I would like to have a dual boot system.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Could someone recommend how the disk partitioning
> should be done?
>
> I was under the impression that Mandrake would
> automatically repartition
> the disk if I selected RECOMMENDED option and I
> would not be given the
> disk partitioning screen !!!
>
>
> Help anyone?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Regards.
>
> Mungal.
>
>
>
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