Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2 uses GRUB instead of LILO by default. GRUB and newer
versions of LILO do not have a 1024 cylinder limit, so you can boot from just
about anywhere on the disc.
You have to be careful when making a partition just for the OS. With Linux,
there are few problems, if any. But Windos directories have a rather nasty
habit of ballooning out of control. You need to provide adequate room for
this, and keeping it free can be seen by many to be just a waste of space.
Try examining the size of c:\windows (including subdirectories) after a fresh
installation and checking it again after installing bloatware like M$ Office.
The Office directory may appear to be smaller than expected but c:\windows
has increased dramatically in size. This is all part of the bad design of
Windos, encouraging apps to mix their files with system files.
On Tue, 26 Dec 2000 10:37, Miark wrote:
> Jake,
>
> You may also consider a different partitioning strategy:
>
> * 1 or 2 GB to Windoze for _just_ the OS
> * The next 3 or more GB to Linux
> * The rest to Windoze
>
> I do this for three reasons:
>
> 1) I never have to worry about the 1024 cylinder limit.
>
> 2) It makes back-up of my Windoze OS extremely small (less
> than 400 MB), fast, and simple.
>
> 3) It forces me to put all the important files that usually
> ends up on my desktop (read: my OS partition since the
> desktop is really a subdirectory in C:\Windows) onto the
> other partition. So should anything happen to my OS
> partition (like two weeks ago) all my data is safe on the
> other partition. And BTW, setting the Windoze OS partition
> to a gig still gives you a good 300 MB to work with.
>
> The first reason has been eliminated with Mandrake 7.2, I
> believe. But if Windoze gets hosed, this partitioning scheme
> lets me get back on track within two minutes, without any
> loss of data.
>
> Miark
>
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I bought Linux Mandrake 7.0 months ago, and now I'm
>
> reading up
>
> > > > trying to figure out how to use it. I've look at the
>
> documentation on
>
> > > > the Mandrake page, the Instillation How-To, the
>
> Win95+Linux How-
>
> > > > To, and a few others. Some of them mention that with
>
> some
>
> > > > distributions of Linux, on some computers, bootable
>
> partitions
>
> > > > must completely reside below the 1024th cylinder.
> > > >
> > > > How do I know if I need to have my Linux boot
>
> partition below the
>
> > > > 1024th cylinder when partitioning my drive? I bought
>
> Partition
>
> > > > Magic to help with the partitioning.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jake
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