On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 22:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There are a lot of "gotchas" to multi-booting x86 machines; the
> architecture just wasn't designed for it. I'd say the answer is a
> qualified "yes, it should work." But you should expect to spend some
> quality time with this and have complete back-ups, and know how to
> restore them, if there's anything you want to save. That's the only
> pitfall you really have to worry about. Back the data up or consider
> it lost when you start.
I am forced to disagree with you about this
I thought that it was the software (Microsoft) that "just wasn't
designed for it."
Well, I run Windows XP Pro, Fedora Core 1 and Gentoo (and I have
partitions prepared for 2 more distros) with no problems (well, a couple
or several in Windows XP Pro). I still am working on some
configurations in Gentoo, though, but I am confident that I can get the
last few things "fixed" in Gentoo.
I use my /boot, /home and /pub (storage) partitions in common with the
Linux distros.
Here is my partitioning scheme:
Disk /dev/hda: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 10 80293+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 11 254 1959930 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 255 316 498015 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 317 10011 77875087+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 317 1290 7823623+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 1291 1899 4891761 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 1900 2508 4891761 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 2509 3117 4891761 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 3118 10011 55376023+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/hdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 7 56196 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 8 130 987997+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 131 143 104422+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb4 144 19457 155139705 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 144 1056 7333641 83 Linux
/dev/hdb6 1057 1665 4891761 83 Linux
/dev/hdb7 1666 2274 4891761 83 Linux
/dev/hdb8 2275 2883 4891761 83 Linux
/dev/hdb9 2884 3492 4891761 83 Linux
/dev/hdb10 3493 4101 4891761 83 Linux
/dev/hdb11 4102 8357 34186288+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb12 8358 19457 89160718+ 83 Linux
My /etc/fstab files (hdc is a removable hard disk drive):
# Duron 950 Fedora Core 1 tinwhistle /etc/fstab file
/dev/hda8 / ext3 defaults
1 1
/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults
1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620
0 0
/dev/hdb11 /home ext3 defaults
1 2
none /proc proc defaults
0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults
0 0
/dev/hdb12 /pub ext3 defaults
1 2
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults
0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro
0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu
0 0
#/dev/hdb8 /mnt/fc2 ext3 defaults
1 2
#/dev/hdb9 /mnt/fc3 ext3 defaults
1 2
#/dev/hdc1 /mnt/backup ext3 defaults
1 2
#/dev/hdc1 /mnt/wav ext3 defaults
1 2
#/dev/hdc1 /mnt/fat32 vfat defaults
0 0
# Duron 950 Gentoo tinwhistle /etc/fstab file: static file system
information.
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/fstab,v 1.14
2003/10/13 20:03:38 azarah Exp $
#
# noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally
aren't
# needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of
storage
# efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to
# switch between notail and tail freely.
# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts>
<dump/pass>
# NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to
opts.
/dev/hda1 /boot ext3 noauto,noatime
1 1
/dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime
1 2
/dev/hda2 none swap sw
0 0
/dev/hda5 /usr ext3 noatime
1 2
/dev/hda6 /opt ext3 noatime
1 2
/dev/hda7 /var ext3 noatime
1 2
/dev/hda8 /mnt/fc1 ext3 noatime
1 2
/dev/hdb8 /mnt/fc2 ext3 noatime
1 2
/dev/hdb9 /mnt/fc3 ext3 noatime
1 2
/dev/hdb11 /home ext3 noatime
1 2
/dev/hdb12 /pub ext3 noatime
1 2
#/dev/hdc1 /mnt/wav ext3 noatime
1 2
#/dev/hdc1 /mnt/backup ext3 noatime
1 2
#/dev/hdc1 /mnt/fat32 vfat defaults
0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro
0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto
0 0
# NOTE: The next line is critical for boot!
none /proc proc defaults
0 0
# glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for
# POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink).
# (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will
# use almost no memory if not populated with files)
# Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this:
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults
0 0
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