OK, we all know that Lilo must reside on the first 1024 cylinders.
(At least YOU know :) ) But keep in mind, lilo can boot OS's which
are beyond the 1024 cylinder limit, provided Lilo itself is in the
disk's MBR.
Here's what you can do...
6.4 gig drive: 3 Gig Win /dev/hda1
1.6 Gig Linux_1 /dev/hda2
1.6 Gig Linux_2 /dev/hda3
Leaving you ~200 Mb for swap to play with.
(you may be ably to share this swap space
beween the 2 Linux distros)
You would install Lilo to /dev/hda, (not /dev/hda1, you want
to put this in the hard disk's MBR) and have lilo configured to boot
Win95, Linux_1, and Linux_2. No boot disk required.
Bryan Scaringe
>
> I am ready to format my HD and start from scratch. I wish to
> run Win95 and at least two different distos of Linux. My HD is a
> Seagate 6.4G.: I wish to create a Win partition of about 3G and
> divide the remaining up for S.u.S.E. and Red Hat. My question is:
> What is the best method of doing this, with the 1024 cylinder
> limitation? I don't really mind booting from a floppy, if necessary.
>
> Also; If I create a DOS partition, two Linux natives and two Linux
> swaps, at what point will I need (should) I create extended/logical
> partitions? I really would like to utilize all of the free space on my
> HD, and also give two seperate Distros a whirl, so any ideas would
> be appreciated.
>
