I have a 40 gig drive which I partition with PQ Partition Magic, I stick
with that only.
It knowes how to handle large drives. and because you stick to one partition
tool
throughout you get hard drive measurement all exact.Your partition table is
straight.
I partition my drive, hda1 = NTFS W2K 5.0gigs primary and active.
hda5= ext2 /boot 200mb logical
hda6= ext2 /root8.2 5.0gigs logical
hda7=ext2 /root8.1 5.0gigs logical
hda8=ext2 /swap 1.0gigs logical
hda9=ext2 /spare 5.0gigs logical
hda10=NTFS /spare 5.0gigs logical
hda11=NTFS/spare 5.0gigs logical
hda12=NTFS/spare 5.0gigs logical
The /boot directory is therefore @5.0gigs well within the 1024cylinders
boundary requirements
(within about 7.75gigs)
Install windows, install Mandrake, they all know exactly where everything
has to go,just
take care with your lilo stanzas so they include the correct kernel versions
and initrd.image
files for which linux OS you are booting.
The only experience I do not have is with Redhat , and whether it's
installer will do the
logical thing and put it's kernel and initrd files in the Boot partition is
the only question I cannot
as yet answer.However even if it doesn't I would try copying across the
kernel and initrd files to
the boot partiton afterwards, from say Mandrake desktop,then remake the
/etc/lilo.conf entry
with a text editor to boot it
I would be very interested in finding out how you get on with installing RH.
I keep meaning to get around to doing it myself.
regards,
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "db" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] How to install Win98, RH 5.1 & Mandrake 8.1 ??
> db wrote:
>
> >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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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> >----
> >
> >
> >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
> >>
> >
> Yes the 10G could take RH... Use the fdisk as disk druid in 5.1 is
> rather limitefd by assumptions that did not scale. You can't see mpount
> points unless you are running 8.1, not the install, because mount points
> are kept in a table called /etc/fstab in the running installation, so RH
> could see (if it has the capability) the mandrake partitions as
> /Manroot, /Manhome,, etc if you gave it the mount points fduring install
> just as mandrake can see the RH partitions you tell it about.
>
> The important thing is to use the LILO for 8.1 as it has not 1024
> cylinder limit and can boot all three systems.
>
> A FAT16 partition has very limited use, but that one would best be
> within that 1024 cylinder limit as it is from the same technology era.
>
> Civileme
>
>
>
>
>
>
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