May have already been answered, but in case it hasn't I'll provide an answer. You need a separate /boot for each Linux configuration you have installed. Whether or not you give /boot it's own filesystem or make it part of the / filesystem partition is up to you (I have separate filesystems for /boot, /, /usr, /usr/local, /usr/src, /home, /var and /tmp, but all of these can also be placed on the same filesystem partition using a single partition for your the entire Linux configuration). Making /boot a separate filesystem makes it easier to keep this below the 1024 cyl boundary; however, this isn't necessary, if you install lilo or the boot manager in the mbr, which is what I'ld recommend doing for a system like your's, with one huge hdd, or even if you have multiple HDDs. By placing lilo or the boot manager in the mbr, the 1024 cyl. boundary problem is circumvented, because the mbr is at the beginning of hda. Also create boot floppies for each of your configurations, and read through the HOWTO on large disks. You could probably find this through the LDP web site, but I thought this was www.linuxdoc.org and this isn't producing anything, or not much anyway. There's another web site for the LDP documentation, and this web site contains links to all of the HOWTOs, FAQs, and other documentation. I'm not sure how to get to that web site, but you can probably find a link to it through the Mandrake web site, or RedHat's, looking through the documentation pages of these sites. mike philomena wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I just got a machine with a 40 GB drive. For various reasons I would like > to > > try and setup Windows (I know, I know - I need it for work..), Mandrake > and > > another linux distro - possibly suse, or have a second mandrake install > for > > playing around with new stuff, yet maintain a stable install. I have > plenty > > enough disk for this, and have setup a dual-boot windows/mandrake system > > before. But, I'm not sure about approaching this - the threads I read > today > > about what you can and can't have below the 1024 cylinder got me thinking. > > For this, would I need 2 \boot partitons ? Is that possible ? Or just the > > one for lilo and then just partition the heck out of the machine ? > > > > help ! > > > > thx, > > phil > >
