This sounds good, but I jhave been told and, from experience, learned that
there must be some sort of /boot linux partition within the first 8GB of
Hard Drive space. Since I want the combined Win98 partitions to be 10GB,
your suggestion does not seem like it will work. I could be wrong, please
advise.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Partition setup help
> J,
>
> You will need to install Win95/98 first, since it will overwright the MBR
> (Master Boot Record) of your hard disk.
>
> Run fdisk from the Win95/98 floppy, and create one primary partition, and
one
> extended partition. These must occupy the entire Hard Disk. Then in the
extended
> partition, create one or more logical partitions as desired for Win95/98.
Do
> not create any partitions for Linux at this point. Leave the amount of
space
> you want for Linux unpartitioned in the extended partition.
>
> Next, restart and format the DOS partittions for Win95/98 with the DOS
format
> command, then install the Win9x operating system.
>
> Once you have Win9x installed and operational, restart the computer and
run the
> Linux installation program (I used the Linux boot disk in my floppy
drive).
> Follow the on screen prompts, and I suggest you use disk druid to set up
the
> Linux partitions, as it is easier, and will not destroy your Win9x
instalation.
> This should result in a machine which will do a good dual-boot between
Win9x
> and Linux. It worked for me.
>
> Note, I installed LILO in the MBR so I could boot from the HD, and LILO
did
> not mess up my Win9x.
>
> Ernie
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Oct 1999,Collin J. Davidson wrote:
> | I am so close to setting this up, I can almost taste it. I guess you
get
> | delusional after looking at the computer screen for 12 hours straight.
> | Anyway, I can't quite get my hard drive partitioned correctly. I have
12.9
> | GB hard drive, and want to use approximately 10 GB for win98, and 2.9
for
> | Mandrake Linux 6.1. These are the two setups that seem to be the
closest to
> | correct.
> |
> | 1. hde1, 4 GB, Win95 FAT32
> | hde5, 2 GB, Linux Native - first part of an extended partition (hde2)
> | hde6, 128MB, Linux Swap - second part of an extended partition (hde2)
> | hde7, 6 GB, FAT16 >= 32MB or some sort of DOS partition - third part
of an
> | extended partition (hde2)
> |
> | This one worked well. LILO booted both Win98, and Linux. The only
problem
> | was, after I formatted hde7 as a FAT32 in Win98, Win98 took FOREVER to
boot,
> | and after it did, it couldn't see hde7. The only thing I can think
of, is
> | that Linux does not support FAT32 as a logical partition in an
extended
> | partition, wrote something to the disk and then Win98 couldn't figure
out
> | what was going on. Of course, I could be completely wrong, and have
no idea
> | what I am talking about.
> |
> | 2. hde1, 4 GB, Win95 FAT32
> | hde2, 16MB, Linux Native - I did this and mounted it as /boot because
it's
> | my understanding that LILO must have /boot within the first 8GB of a
hard
> | drive.
> | hde5, 2 GB, Linux Native - first part of an extended partition (hde3)
> | hde6, 128MB, Linux Swap - second part of an extended partitiion (hde3)
> | hde4, 6 GB, some sort of DOS extended partition
> |
> | This setup allowed me to boot both Win 98 and Linux. The problem with
this
> | one was that it seems like Win98 only supports ONE primary partition
and ONE
> | extended partition per disk. I have 2 primary and 2 extended. Again,
I
> | could be completely wrong. No matter what I did with hde4, Win 98
couldn't
> | see it.
> |
> | So basically, I need to know how to partition my 12.9 GB hard drive to
have
> | approximately 10 GB for win98, and 2.9 for Mandrake Linux 6.1. Any
help or
> | suggestions are appreciated.
> |
> | Collin Davidson
>
>
