[eug-lug]SUSE 8.1 Professional
I spent the last week trying to set-up my machine as a dual boot with windows and linux. I have used up another windows 98SE CD . I was wondering has anybody else had problems with windows 98 or ME on a disk with EXT3 partition on it? especially messed up superblocks, magic numbers( I think Magic numbers is right I am doing that one from memory,) or FAT 32 tables? I know windows puts in a back up FAT that could get out of sync( I found this out about 1999, I am not sure this is the problem this time.) when the windows partition is accessed by a linux programs( this should be a function of the kernel, right?). Jim K, ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]SUSE 8.1 Professional
On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 04:08:19PM -0700, Jim K wrote: I spent the last week trying to set-up my machine as a dual boot with windows and linux. I have used up another windows 98SE CD . I was wondering has anybody else had problems with windows 98 or ME on a disk with EXT3 partition on it? especially messed up superblocks, magic numbers( I think Magic numbers is right I am doing that one from memory,) or FAT 32 tables? I know windows puts in a back up FAT that could get out of sync( I found this out about 1999, I am not sure this is the problem this time.) when the windows partition is accessed by a linux programs( this should be a function of the kernel, right?). Jim K, Usual way of doing this: Use Linux to partition the disk. Make the first partiton (hda1) your Windows partition. Create a small (10-20 meg) partition for hda2, then create a big extended partiton to contain what other divisions you'd like, your swap, etc. Install Windows, but don't let it screw with any partitions other than the first one. Install Linux with /dev/hda2 as /boot. Reason for this: 1. Windows MBR can be used to boot either OS if lilo is installed to /dev/hda2 instead of /dev/hda 2. lilo can be used to boot either OS if installed on /dev/hda 3. Windows has been known to slightly bork Linux installations, other than just the bootloader (which is fixable) if you install Linux first. Don't attribute malice to this, it's more like a Windows installer bug. 4. Doing it this way exposes you to the least amount of DOS partition table brain damage later on. -- T. Joseph Carter Available in blue cherry, [EMAIL PROTECTED] strawberry, and grape! *** Quits: TITANIC (Excess Flood) ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]SUSE 8.1 Professional
I have installed windows on this machine 2-4 times a year in hda1 with lilo or grub mostly mandrake with no problem until until last spring. When this disk problem popped up both times I had mandrake in an ext3 partition. I have suse now and will reinstall mandrake both in reiserfs partitions. If I can get legal windows 98SE CD or between the ones I have already form a workable one using linux utilities I will reinstall windows in a third partion. I have a scrambled windows install in hda1 now. Jim K T. Joseph Carter wrote: On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 04:08:19PM -0700, Jim K wrote: I spent the last week trying to set-up my machine as a dual boot with windows and linux. I have used up another windows 98SE CD . I was wondering has anybody else had problems with windows 98 or ME on a disk with EXT3 partition on it? especially messed up superblocks, magic numbers( I think Magic numbers is right I am doing that one from memory,) or FAT 32 tables? I know windows puts in a back up FAT that could get out of sync( I found this out about 1999, I am not sure this is the problem this time.) when the windows partition is accessed by a linux programs( this should be a function of the kernel, right?). Jim K, Usual way of doing this: Use Linux to partition the disk. Make the first partiton (hda1) your Windows partition. Create a small (10-20 meg) partition for hda2, then create a big extended partiton to contain what other divisions you'd like, your swap, etc. Install Windows, but don't let it screw with any partitions other than the first one. Install Linux with /dev/hda2 as /boot. Reason for this: 1. Windows MBR can be used to boot either OS if lilo is installed to /dev/hda2 instead of /dev/hda 2. lilo can be used to boot either OS if installed on /dev/hda 3. Windows has been known to slightly bork Linux installations, other than just the bootloader (which is fixable) if you install Linux first. Don't attribute malice to this, it's more like a Windows installer bug. 4. Doing it this way exposes you to the least amount of DOS partition table brain damage later on. ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]SUSE 8.1 Professional
The support license has expired on the SUSE 8.1's. Oh well. Jim K Jim K wrote: I spent the last week trying to set-up my machine as a dual boot with windows and linux. I have used up another windows 98SE CD . I was wondering has anybody else had problems with windows 98 or ME on a disk with EXT3 partition on it? especially messed up superblocks, magic numbers( I think Magic numbers is right I am doing that one from memory,) or FAT 32 tables? I know windows puts in a back up FAT that could get out of sync( I found this out about 1999, I am not sure this is the problem this time.) when the windows partition is accessed by a linux programs( this should be a function of the kernel, right?). Jim K, ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
[eug-lug]using a UPS
How many are using a UPS on a linux system? What program are you using to monitor? I have a Belkin UPS hooked up to my serial port but haven't quite found software for it yet. Hoping for a little advice before I go about breaking things. I read that if you send the wrong commands to a smart UPS you can turn it into a dump UPS real easily. Not something I want to do :) Thanx, Mr O. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
