On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 04:51:11 -0600, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 11:22 PM 10/24/00 +0000, you wrote:
>> Thus, to repeat one reflection: Would it make sense to create a second
>> *primary* partition on the first (and only) HD, and to put DOS (and
>> maybe even the Linux) there ?
>> And how is one to creat a second (or more?) "primary" partitions on
>> one HD ?
>> The ordinare (DOS-)fdisk would not allow for that, IIRR, it would only
>> allow for one primary and one extended partition (with "logical"
>> drives on the latter).
Creating a partition table similar to the following is a BAD idea, it's
just a demonstration.
The partition table of my 515MB HDD:
========================================================================
| Partition | Drv | Status | Type | Size (in MB) |
========================================================================
1 Primary | C | Active | DOS (FAT-16 Big) | 240.1 |
2 Primary | | | LINUX Native | 120.0 |
3 Primary | | | LINUX Swap | 8.8 |
4 Primary | | | Extended | |
5 | | | LINUX/MINIX/APM | 60.0 |
6 | | | Extended | |
7 | | | FAT-32 LBA | 30.4 |
8 | | | Extended | |
9 | | | Concurrent CP/M | 1.8 |
10 | | | Extended | |
11 | | | Concurrent CP/M | 7.7 |
12 | | | Extended | |
13 | D | | DOS (FAT-16 Big) | 46.2 |
========================================================================
All partitions were created by PTS-DOS fdisk. Note that it doesn't
create the filesystems on non-FAT12or16 partitions, it just makes the
partitions themselves; that is, it creates the entries in the partition
table.
It was my guess that due to the mix of types, filesystems in the
extended partition after #5 wouldn't be properly recognized. My guess
was wrong. I'm emailing y'all from d:\arachne(\mail\).
muLinux, BasicLinux, and Minix recognize and can properly "format" (mkfs)
partitions PTS-DOS created for them - I've had DOS, BasicLinux, and
Minix on this drive at the same time (along with two swaps) before. I
only have DOS on right now, though. Haven't tried formatting with a
FAT-32 format, so I dunno.
Since I've no use for anything but partition 1 right now, I guess I'll
go back and delete the rest. Or mebbe I'll install CP/M on #11 and load
it by default from config.sys =P
I've been meaning to write up some info on PTS-DOS and post it on the
web. I'm just about ready to do it, but I haven't signed up for the
webspace that is included with my ISP fees. Trouble is, it requires SSL
(as in https:), which I don't have. Could someone help me out here? If
we've corresponded off-list or in IRC, can multitask internet apps, and
have an IRC client I'd really appreciate it if you'd help here. I asked
my brother to do it, but we disagree politically and he's afraid I'll
use my webspace to proselytize. (nah - outside of the "links" page,
anyway)
There's been a lot of OT lately, and it's been good! But the above
brings me to something that's right down the center of ON topic:
386/12 8M 120M machines (no monitor, etc) are now being sold for $11 US
plus shipping by a company in business for profit. Where's the OS and
apps that _truly_ work for these machines? We need them. You, I, or
anyone else could probably earn a living (depending on "lifestyle")
selling these machines at a profit _and_ at a price that almost anyone
at all could afford. We'd probably have enough left over to donate
machines to those who couldn't afford even our modest price.
Bob
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01 April 2001
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