> > after reading the relevant FAQs, HowTOs, installation instructions etc. > I recognized that all bootable partitions must start before the 1024th > cylinder (I would like to use LILO), so I thought the best solution > might be to have these partitions:
Personally, I use loadlin to boot unix from DOS7, so the linux partition can be anywhere... > > primary: > - X MB linux native for booting linux > - 1 GB fat16 for win95 > > extended: > - 48 MB linux swap (=2x my RAM) > - 1 GB linux native for linux apps > - 1 GB fat16 for documents accessible for both win95 and linux The 1GB of docs can just be part of your DOS7/win95 partition. With the vfat module loaded, you can mount your DOS7/win95 partition from linux as /mnt/dos, so your shared document files can be stored as normal in the DOS/95 partition where they will be local to DOS/95 and no problem for linux to access. So really all you need is three partitions: 2GB fat16 partition 1GB linux partitoion and use the spare change as your swap. I really enjoy the freedom of using loadlin. I can boot linux from the C: prompt, boot linux from win95 (win95 unloads to DOS7, then boots linux. So linux is being booted from win95, nto run from win95), or set up DOS7/win95 upon load to have boot options. I have win95, IE4, Outlook 98, PC-DOS 6 (don't ask), win 3.1, Office97, some games, a full Debian installation with X, StarOffice, and Netscapes for linux and win95 all on a 4GB drive with 2GB fat16 and 2GB linux (and spare space as swap) and each partition is less than a third full... So getting all that on 3.2GB drive with a gig remaining for documents shouldn't be a problem. > my questions are: > > - what is the minimal size for the linux boot partition? > - what files will it contain? > - what happens during the installation process: how do I tell debian > where to put what? (sorry for this unprecise newbie question) > > furthermore, I would appreciate any suggestions for a better solution > of the win95+linux shared documents problem. > > thanx *patrick* > > > > # Patrick Meidl > # Konrad Lorenz Institute for Comparative Behavioural Research > # Savoyenstr. 1a, A-1160 Vienna, Austria > # Phone +43-1-486 21 21-36 | Fax +43-1-486 21 21-28 > # Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > # WWW http://unet.univie.ac.at/~a8903821/home.htm > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null