Well, I went ahead and re-did the Mandrake 8.1 install in the manner that was suggested but then when I got to trying to install the RH 5.1, the process got hung up at Disk druid. "An error occured reading the partition table for the block device hda. The error was :: No such file or directory" I think this may be occuring because RH 5.1 cannot deal with an FAT 32 ATA100 40gig drive. (Not sure if it is the FAT 32, ATA100 part or the 40 gig part.)
When I try the alternative partition tool in RH 5.1 "fdisk", it indicates its looking for /dev/hda - Model WDC WD400BB-00CAA1 and also says "To install RH Linux, you must have at least one partition of 50 mb dedicated to Linux.We suggest placing that partition on one of the first two hard drives in your system so you can boot into Linux with LILO." Then it goes on to the first error message above. My devices are: hda1, Win98, fat32 (0xb), 7.8 gb (partition booted by default for MS-dos boot, not for lilo) hda5, linux native (0x83) (M 8.1), 9.8 gb (I had made this / but when I look now no mount point ...?) hda6, linux swap (0x82), 117mb hda7, linux native (0x83), (I had made this /boot but when I look now no mount point ...?) hda8, linux native (0x83), (I had made this /RHroot but when I look now no mount point ...?) hda9, dos FAT16 (0x6) (I hadn't made any mount point ... and there still is none) Any idea of the problem(s) I am encountering or a possible fix.? I have another 10 gig drive ... I wonder if I could somehow put 5.1 on that as a slave drive on the to the two OS's on the 40 gig primary? > db wrote: > > >I have a PIII with no OS, (with ATA33 controllers I believe), two empty HD, > >(10 gig ... probably ATA33, 40 gig ATA100) and need to install Windows 98 > >SE, RH 5.1 and Mandrake 8.1 (Please don't ask why ...that's what I HAVE to > >install). > > > >I have been having fits trying to get the different factors to work > >together. Partitioning software (Dos fdisk, cfdisk, diskdrake, fips.exe), > >ATA 100, LBA, fat16, fat32, linux native, /mbr, /root, first 1024 cylinders > >etc. aaaahhhhhh! > > > >Is there any way to do this relatively simply? Will the use of boot > >floppies avoid having to get a /boot into the first 1024 cylinders? > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > Actually, you don't have to have a /boot in the first 1024 cylinders. > > 1. Install Windows > > 2. Install Mandrake 8.1 and ask for expert mode and use diskdrake to > make the ext2 partitions for RH as well. Make a /boot for Mandrake but > none for RH. ALSO, name mount points for at least the RH / call it > /RHroot in the Mandrake install. > > 3. Now install RH onto the prepped partitions. SKIP bootloader install. > > 4. Fire up Mandrake > > 5. Go to KDE > > 6. In the KDE Menu=>Applications=>File tools get the file manager up in > superuser mode... Navigate that window to /boot > > 7. Open Konqueror on your home directory (click on the house in the > taskbar and navigate that to /RHroot/boot ) (I assume you put that > /RHroot on /dev/hdc5 so plug in where you actually put it in following > instructions that refer to /dev/hdc5). > > 8. In /RHroot/boot find the two diles that say > vmlinuz-2.0.x-(something) and initrd.img-2.0.x drag those to the > mandrake /boot DO NOT DRAG bare vmlinuz and initrd.img files which will > be only links. > > 9. Close the Konqueror windows > > 10. Open Mandrake Control Center and go to boot configuration. > > 11. Define a new boot called RH51 with the boot image being the > vmlinuz-2.0.x that you dragged over and the initrd being the > initrd.img-2.0.x that you dragged--they WILL be in the drop-down lists. > > 12. In the Append line, make sure you remove devfs reference and also > quiet. If there is a CDRW on the system and you see something like > hdb=ide-scsi, just leave that. > > 13. Close everything, logout and reboot > > 14. On your startup boot screen RH51 and windows should be among your > choices. > > Civileme > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
