Thanks for the correction, I will continue to use PM anyway. I AM a
newbie and was under the impression that the fdisk that came with dos
and windows was a diferent creature than the fdisk that came with
mandrake or other linux distros.
Eric MC DECLERCK wrote:
>
> I'm sorry, but I can't agreed with this.
> The dos FDISK is a very usefull prog used further with
> DISKDRUID.
> This is what I use.Had never and never pbs with it.
> Eric
>
> Ed Tharp wrote:
> >
> > NOT do not attempt to use dos or windows version of FDISK. either use
> > diskdrake or PartitionMagic that comes with mandrake... dos or windows fdisk
> > will not create a usable linux partition. in fact, they can not even get rid
> > of the linux partition
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Hugo GONZALEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 5:32 PM
> > Subject: RE: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> >
> > > Ok, Chris. So now, tell me if I am wrong:
> > >
> > > First I will fdisk (DOS/Win98) my hd like this
> > >
> > > !-ext dos (15mb)-!!----------pri dos for
> > Win98(10Gb)----------!!--------------Linux(10Gb)-------------!
> > >
> > > I don't know if this can be done and if Win98 will be able to boot (having
> > a extended dos partition before the primary one).
> > > After that I will boot with Mandrake CD and erase the first ext dos
> > partition (15mb) to make a new linux /boot partition.
> > >
> > > !--/boot--!!----------pri dos for
> > Win98(10Gb)----------!!--------------Linux(10Gb)-------------!
> > >
> > > Am I a little bit right?
> > >
> > > Thanks!!
> > >
> > > Hugo GONZALEZ
> > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: Chris Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > >Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:12 AM
> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >I had this same problem with Red Hat 6.1 a few months back. I fixed
> > > >the problem by having a 15mb boot partition as hda1, win98 on a 10gb on
> > > >hda2, and then a 10gb linux partition on hda3. Lilo worked
> > > >fine like that
> > > >to.
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: Hugo GONZALEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:32 AM
> > > >Subject: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Hello everyone.
> > > >>
> > > >> I had installed Mandrake 7.0 as the single OS on my box. No
> > > >problem at
> > > >all. Then my HD physically crashed and I installed a new one
> > > >with Windows
> > > >98. This new hd is 20Gb big, and initially, when installing
> > > >Win98 I left
> > > >only a partition of 10Gb (9.x Gb), the rest of the disk would
> > > >be for Linux.
> > > >Then I tried to install Mandrake, but DrakX told me that the
> > > >partition for
> > > >Linux is beyond the cylinder 1024, so I quit installation. I surfed the
> > > >internet to read some howtos, but my confusion grew larger. My
> > > >question is:
> > > >can I install Linux without making a /boot partition within
> > > >the cylinder
> > > >1024?
> > > >>
> > > >> Can I keep my hd like
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >!----------------Win98(10Gb)--------------!!-------------------
> > > >-Linux-------
> > > >-------------!
> > > >>
> > > >> or should I go to something like
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >!-/boot-!!-----------------Win98---------------!!--------------
> > > >---Linux-----
> > > >-------------!
> > > >>
> > > >> Please, if you'd be so kind to clarify this to me.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks in advance.
> > > >>
> > > >> Hugo GONZALEZ
