Re: [newbie] 2 Questions about install....

[Alan Shoemaker]

Steve....you tell me, you know what the differences are between
that machine and this one, I do not.

Alan


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Quick question...why was this so painless on the last system I installed
> Linux on? (also the first) I thought it got easier?
> 
> In a message dated 04/24/2000 12:12:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> << Civileme....you are of course correct about the need for a Linux
>  /boot partition under the 1024 cylinder limit (oops, I got so
>  involved in the BootMagic question I failed to note the need for
>  a Linux /boot partition).  But, BootMagic also needs to be
>  installed on a dos/windows (not ntfs) partition that ends before
>  the 1024 cylinder limit, else it will refuse to install. >>