I have the same arrangement. Hda for windows, hdb for linux and hda for
windows. I also have 8 gig of hdb for windows but it wont see it because it
comes after a linux partition.
On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, you 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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