> > > I am trying to install RH6.2 in a 28GB HDD. There are 2 OS installed
already,
> > > NT Server (3.5GB) and Workstation (2.5GB). There are 2 additional
partitions,
> > > 2GB and 15GB (2nd Primary Partition). The remaining 5GB is free for
linux.
> > >
> > > When I tried adding "/" partition using the disk druid mode, it gave
me an
> > > error: boot partition too large". Is it referring to the boot
partition of NT?
Hhhhmmm....why in the world would RH complain about the boot partition being
too large? I'm gonna ask an obvous question but bear with me, 5GB is free
for Linux pero baka naman ang boot partition that you specified is more than
that? Aside from the NT partitions, ang / partition ba ang first na ginawa
mo? Baka naman meron kang /usr na 4GB tapos gumawa ka pa nang / na 3GB?
Pero I seem to remember RH spitting out a different error message when I did
that sometime ago ;-0
One other thing I can think of is the location of the boot partition.
I am not intimately familiar with RH6.2's installation details but I dunno
this, LILO doesn't like boot partitions beyond the first 1024 cylinders.
And since RH's default boot loader is LILO, it could've built the
restriction in its install scripts. Just curious, what in the world would
you do with a computer running NT Server, NT Workstation and Linux?
If you can't avoid this setup and insist on doing it this way, make sure the
boot partitions (active partition in MS-speak) are in the 1st 1024
cylinders. How? Well, for one thing, keep your NT active partition (drive
C) small. Linux's boot paritition (/boot or / depending on which partition
you put the kernel in) only needs about 7MB (unless you plan building a
monolithic kernel which is a stupid thing to do since it'll only make your
box run slow....but I digress....). How big is 1024 cylinders in terms of
MB? Hell if I know.... :-) If memory serves, that would depend on the
number of tracks and/or sectors. By your description of your partitioning
scheme, Linux is definitely in the last cylinders of your disk.
Kung apps lang kailangan mo sa NT part of your system, you might want to
consider VMWare on Linux. This would make NT run within Linux....an OS
running within an OS. :-) Tapos pagnag-blue screen pa, all you need is to
restart the vmware session...no need to restart the machine itself. Oh yea,
would be nice to see your NT Workstation session log in to your NT Domain
via the NT Server session, both of which are running on the same computer at
the same time (haven't tried this one myself but someone I know did it
once)....
M. Yu
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