Ok, actually the first partition is the linux partition. Is there
anyway I can figure out how much to shrink or expand it? Or is it all
just guess work?? Thank you very much for the help, sooner or later I
will get it running!
James
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:04:01 -0500, Erik Wessman wrote:
>James:
>
>LBA mode was the correct one.
>
>It appears that your Windows partition (I'm assuming your 1st
>partition now
>contains Windows) was not set up with exact LBA boundaries. This
>can usually be
>corrected by expanding or contracting that partition just a bit
>using PM. You
>should run your Windows disk defragmenter first.
>
>Make sure you have critical data backed up and a Win Startup
>diskette available
>and verified before you shrink/expand. Partition managers can fail.
>
>Erik
>
>James carlson wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I do have LBA mode on, but if I turn it off, Windows doesn't
>> boot :) I want to run both Windows and Linux, just because I don't
>> have a whole lot of experience with Linux yet, so I shouldn't just
>> chuck windows yet :) Is there anything I could do to get them both
>> running??? Or should I have the Disk set to Large mode?? I don't
>> know!! I am using the latest version of PM 6.0 I think it is..
>> Thanks
>>
>> James
>>
>> On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:17:21 -0500, Erik Wessman wrote:
>> >James, did you have LBA mode turned on in your BIOS for that
drive
>> >when you used
>> >Partition Magic. Also, which version of PM did you use? PM
below
>> >Ver 5 has
>> >some known bugs with drives larger than 8 Gig.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >James carlson wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I just downloaded Storm Linux a few days ago, and I am having
>> >>trouble
>> >> with the install. I get to the Harddrive part and I get a
>>message
>> >> saying "could not open the device '/dev/hda' Partition 1 isn't
>> >> aligned with the cylinder boundries.........." I used Partition
>> >>Magic
>> >> to create my partition. What could it possibly be? How can I
fix
>> >>it?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> James
>> >>
>> >> -- James carlson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/20/2001
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