NOT do not attempt to use dos or windows version of FDISK. either use
diskdrake or PartitionMagic that comes with mandrake... dos or windows fdisk
will not create a usable linux partition. in fact, they can not even get rid
of the linux partition
----- Original Message -----
From: Hugo GONZALEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 5:32 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> Ok, Chris. So now, tell me if I am wrong:
>
> First I will fdisk (DOS/Win98) my hd like this
>
> !-ext dos (15mb)-!!----------pri dos for
Win98(10Gb)----------!!--------------Linux(10Gb)-------------!
>
> I don't know if this can be done and if Win98 will be able to boot (having
a extended dos partition before the primary one).
> After that I will boot with Mandrake CD and erase the first ext dos
partition (15mb) to make a new linux /boot partition.
>
> !--/boot--!!----------pri dos for
Win98(10Gb)----------!!--------------Linux(10Gb)-------------!
>
> Am I a little bit right?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Hugo GONZALEZ
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Chris Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:12 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> >
> >
> >I had this same problem with Red Hat 6.1 a few months back. I fixed
> >the problem by having a 15mb boot partition as hda1, win98 on a 10gb on
> >hda2, and then a 10gb linux partition on hda3. Lilo worked
> >fine like that
> >to.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Hugo GONZALEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:32 AM
> >Subject: [newbie] Partitioning for Win98 and Linux
> >
> >
> >> Hello everyone.
> >>
> >> I had installed Mandrake 7.0 as the single OS on my box. No
> >problem at
> >all. Then my HD physically crashed and I installed a new one
> >with Windows
> >98. This new hd is 20Gb big, and initially, when installing
> >Win98 I left
> >only a partition of 10Gb (9.x Gb), the rest of the disk would
> >be for Linux.
> >Then I tried to install Mandrake, but DrakX told me that the
> >partition for
> >Linux is beyond the cylinder 1024, so I quit installation. I surfed the
> >internet to read some howtos, but my confusion grew larger. My
> >question is:
> >can I install Linux without making a /boot partition within
> >the cylinder
> >1024?
> >>
> >> Can I keep my hd like
> >>
> >>
> >!----------------Win98(10Gb)--------------!!-------------------
> >-Linux-------
> >-------------!
> >>
> >> or should I go to something like
> >>
> >>
> >!-/boot-!!-----------------Win98---------------!!--------------
> >---Linux-----
> >-------------!
> >>
> >> Please, if you'd be so kind to clarify this to me.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Hugo GONZALEZ
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
