> Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:13:29 +0000
> From: Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: A little problem with Linux partitions
> I've finally managed to hook up my 10G hard disk.. now the problems
> begin. Right now my config is a 350MHz with a 6G and a 10G together.
> Each on his own IDE, with the CD-ROM as a slave of the 6G.
> I've partitioned them all and left unpartitioned space for Linux
> (Red Hat 5). Now here is the first problem: Do Linux supports 10G
> disks? For some reason Disk Druid only saw 8G like the DOS FDisk.
> I thought that ext2 supports disks bigger then 8G?...
> Also, for some reason no matter where I specify I want the root
> partition to be created (using the "Allowed" option in DiskDruid),
> Druid keeps creating it in then 6G disk, even though I ask for it
> to be created in the 10G. And last thing, for some reason the Swap
> partition was not initilized. It was created, but nothing else then
> that. And like thats not enough, DOS can SEE it! not use it ofcourse,
> but see it it can. So right now I got an additional useless drive
> letter. Can anyone explain to me whats going on here?..
Hi Or,
I can't speak to most of your points, except if I remember correctly
from OpenLinux, there was a special step in Linux fdisk to set the swap
drive to swap status. Just partitioning out the size was not enough,
and I think that the swap drive is necessary for the rest of the
installation. LILA in OpenLinux was a lot less problem then I expected,
this being my first attempt at a full Linux installation. LILO works
fine also; so I can easily boot to either DOS or LINUX, but my harddrive
is tiny compared to yours.
BTW I keep running afoul of double clicking in the X window. Boy do I
get a lot of open windows :)
10G and 6G? WOW! Just a thought, is the 6G on primary or secondary IDE?
Does Linux boot have to be on a master disk and does that mean primary
IDE like I would have to guess that it does?
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Peace
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