Re: [plug] Boot partition too large

Mon, 14 May 2001 16:45:05 -0700



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> > > > 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

>

Gumawa muna ako ng 3.5GB na /usr tsaka ko ginawa ang / partition (500MB).

>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

I still have to think about this becuase I have to reinstall all softwares if I have to adjust the partitions. But I am thinking of flushing my mbr, just in case.

>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

Thanks.

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