Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:40:39 +0100 From: "Malcolm Lander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Srebnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 3:43 AM Subject: Re: [LIB] Hibernation Area Setup & Dual Boot OS Setup > Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:42:32 -0700 > From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Hibernation Area Setup & Dual Boot OS Setup > > Will give this a shot David! > > Thanks for all your help!! > > Mark > > on 6/8/04 2:53 PM, David Chien at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 14:53:50 -0700 (PDT) > > From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [LIB] Hibernation Area Setup & Dual Boot OS Setup > > > >> 1. HIBERNATION AREA SETUP > >> Are you saying that this needs to be an actual separate hard drive partition > >> With it's own drive letter (E:, etc) ?? > > > > > > No. Simply leave it unpartitioned -- ie. unused. Create your other > > partitions around this space. Partition Magic and Ranish Partition Manager > > and > > Linux partitioning software can all do this for you. > > > > If you do create a partition on this area, you can simply resize that > > partition using the above to move it outside of this hibernation area. > > > >> Partition Information for Disk 1: 57,223.7 Megabytes > >> Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect > >> TotalSects > >> ========================================================================= > >> C: FAT32X Pri,Boot 40,656.7 0 1 > >> 63 83,264,832 > >> ExtendedX Pri 12,009.5 0 0 > >> 83,264,895 24,595,515 > >> > >> Info: MBR Partition Table not in sequential order. > >> > >> EPBR Log 12,009.5 None -- > >> 83,264,895 24,595,515 > >> D:BACKUP FAT32 Log 12,009.5 83,264,895 0 83,264,958 > >> 24,595,452 > >> Unallocated Pri 4,557.5 None -- > >> 107,860,410 9,333,765 > >> Based upon the above, what should I do to create this hibernation area > >> properly. Please be explicit as I'm not an expert in this kind of thing! > > > > Here, the C: drive is too big (40GB) and overlays the 8GB boundary. You'll > > have to resize it down <8GB. Leave space after (eg. 128MB or more) for the > > hibernation data. Then use the rest of the HD for the extended partition. > > > > I can't say 'exactly' where the hibernation partition is since I believe it > > varies slightly depending on HD size and so forth, but if you leave the > > 1000-1100 cylinders free (try it, can't guarentee w/o testing), then you > > should > > be okay. > > > > (Otherwise, you'll have to do what I did earlier -- wipe drive space between > > 7-9GB empty - zeros - hibernate - unhibernate - examine HD with WinHex and see > > where the hibernation data was written.) > > > >> 2. DUAL (Or Tri) BOOT OS SETUP > >> > >> Currently, have Win98SE installed as my OS. > >> Thought I'd use Win2K (or WinXP) on another partition and Linux on another > >> partition. > >> Unless fellow Libretterati think it would make more sense to put Win2K (or > >> WinXP) on my current partition and the Linux on another. Thus eliminating > >> Win98SE altogether. > >> So do I just use PartitionMagic to create another partition and then install > >> OS there? Or do I need to do some other setup things as in Item 1 above > >> regarding hibernation area, etc? > > > > Simply avoid putting a partition on the 8GB area, and you can do the above > > just fine -- three primary partitions for the three OSs. Doesn't matter and > > will work fine. > > > > Rather excessive to have both W98 and W2k on the same computer however, so > > I'd just pick one or the other and not install both -- unless there's just > > some > > program you have that wants the other. > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
