If you set up the partitions BEFORE you attempt to install, you should
have no problem. Having installed Red Hat now 4 times, I've never seen
anything that tells me to put the boot partition at the beginning of
the disc. In fact, on my last install, I tried it with the boot
partition above the 1024 cylinder to see if it would work, with this
particular BIOS....it didn't, so I changed my partition strategy to
get below that spot. But the Red Hat installer will let you put it
anywhere you like. Just have it done before you start the
installation.
John
On 04/30/00, 07:08:25AM -0400, Jake McHenry wrote:
>
> Everything your telling me is great to hear, but How can I just move the
> Kernel? It won't even install without me making that /boot partition at
> the beginning of my drive. Is there another way of installing linux that I
> don't know of? Thanks.
>
> jake
>
>
> On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>
> > At 06:24 PM 4/29/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I just bought a new pc and I'm trying to install RD 6.1 on it, the same as
> > >> my servers. How can I dual boot win98 and linux without moving the entire
> > >> windows partition up 20 megs so the "/boot" partition from linux can be
> > >> created? This is the first I've messed with dual booting anything with
> > >> Linux. I've tried every install option in the GUI install, but each time I
> > >> have to put in the boot partition, and it wants it at the beginning of the
> > >> harddrive.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> Jake McHenry
> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>
> > >>
> > >If the disk has more than 1024 cylinders or the linux partition starts
> > >after cylinder 1024 than you need to have a separate /boot partition of
> > >1 gig or so. It does not hahave to be at the beginniong of the hard
> > >drive ; just inside the cylinder 1024 limit.
> > >
> > >If you want you can break the windows disk space into two drives and
> > >put the /boot between them.
> > >-------------------------------------------
> > >Aaron Konstam
> > >Computer Science
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> > >San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
> > >
> > >
> > If all else fails, you can put the kernel on your windows partition. Just
> > make sure you mark it as a system file so it doesn't get moved. Or use
> > loadlin to boot Linux...
> >
> > Mikkel
> >
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> >
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