Here is how I handle large drives with multiple OSs:
Boot 6.1 CD and use expert text mode. This lets you choose to use fdisk rather that
Disk Druid.
Using fdisk, make a primary partition of about 100MB. After saving the partition
table, reboot with a
DOS disk and use DOS fdisk to create the primary partition for Windows and make the
rest of the
disk an extended partition, but DON'T create any logical drives in it. Boot the 6.1 CD
again using
expert text mode and this time use Disk Druid. Create a swap partition and other
logical partitions to
your preference and assign mount points for all partitions (except the swap of course)
Put LILO in the
MBR. Don't forget to create a boot disk so that when Windows trashes the MBR you can
fix it easily.
> Brandon,Mikkel and Bob
>
> I have the same problem on my PC that has 13GB hard disk. That is the
> 'Boot Partition is too big'
> I have 2 partitions created under it. I wanted the first 7GB for Win98 and the
> rest for Linux. After partitioning, the 6GB was still DOS formated. I deleted
> the 6GB partition (I did using the fdisk under DOS)
>
> While I try to install Linux 6.1, I get the GUI screen. I do Ctrl+Alt+F2 and
> then
> 1.I tried fdisk to create linux partitions. But I am not able to recognize
> the hard disk. (/dev/hda not found is the response)
>
> 2. As suggested by Brandon, I tried "cat /proc/pci"
> The 'cat' results does not display the base address of the IDE controller.
>
> Please help me how to proceed further.
>
> Thanks for all your inputs.
>
> Balaji Krishnan
>
>
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