Hello Chakrabarti,
Thanks a lot for the message.
I wanted to check if the existing Linux installation is in order. I used
loadlin from dos promt and found the installation is working. Yet to try
lilo, hope it has nothing to do with partition table.
I will use cfdisk for next round.
Thank you.
-Sekar
Saugata Chakrabarti wrote:
> Hi S.Sekar,
>
> Do not create any eXtended partition; it make the partition table
> unnecessary complex. You better try with
> these:
> USE "cfdisk" from Linux.
> You better install minimum Linux (200mb) on your BIG HD. Then turn-on
> your box in Linux Consol. Fire "CFDISK". Make 4 primary partition of 3,
> 4, 5 gb combination (as you like). Change the pertition type accoring to
> you want. Install M$ product first... you can install NT4 and 98/95 or
> whatever you want. The NT Boot loader should be in Superblock. If NT4,
> use boot floppy of Win98, use fdisk (of DOS) with FAT-16 (not FAT-32 it
> is toooo fattyyy to it's own NT..).
> Now COOOL..
> Install Linux as amny as you have .... New SuSe.. to RedHat...
> Debian.... and enjoy the OS... and OS...
> I think You know how-to with LILO... so
> HURRY-UP
> ANd ....
>
> by
> Saugata Chakrabarti
> S. E. [Linux Env.]
> Chennai
> ...................
> ps : [you can play with VMWARE.. as you have the learger spaaaaace.]
> waiting for your reply.......
>
>
> "S.Sekar" wrote:
> >
> > Dear Linux users,
> > I have a 17Gb harddisk. Cylinders >2000.
> > Trial 1:
> > I took care to load linux below 1023 cylinders in extended
> > partion/logical drives. But Dos is now not able to recognise logical
> > partitions after 8GB(1023 cylinders) created as fat32 in linux/fdisk.
> >
> > Trial2:
> > Then, I created linux - native in primary partition 2. Then I created
> > other logical partions in dos, to access full 17 GB.
> > I loaded linux in primary 2 and 4(for swap). Linux was OK.
> > When I loaded windows now, Linux does not boot anymore. Even with floppy
> > , saying kernel error.
> > Partition table now is as follows:
> > 1. fat32/4GB
> > 2. linux native/ 2.9GB (cylinders 500-900 approx)
> > 3. dos-extended (above cylinder 1023)
> > 4. linux swap / 70MB/below 1023 cylinder
> > --logical 5,6,and 7 for dos.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me where I should correct.
> > Thanks.
> >
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