Hi Mikkel,
You are absolutely correct, of course. Given that he is installing Win98,
however, he will have to use FAT ad will be limited on the number of primary
partiitions. Also, since he sounded like he is new to Linux, I tried to
keep it simple for him.
Sorry for the confusion.
Thanks!
Kevin
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Kevin Holmquist wrote:
>
> > Hi Kiran,
> >
> > Assuming NT means NT 4.0, I think your issues revolve around your
> > partitition size.
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> > Make the first two partitions 2 gig in size.
> > Install Win98 on the first.
> > Install Windows NT on the second.
> > Make the remaining space one partition and install Linux. Or, install
linux
> > on a third small partition and have a fourth for data.
> >
> > It would be better to have two drives and install the OS of your choice
on
> > the second one. Normally, a drive can only have two primary partitions,
and
> > the rest are 'extended' partitions. Your mileage will vary when trying
to
> > install OSes on them.
> >
> Drives can have 4 primary partitions, or 3 primary and an extended
> partation. The 4th space is used to defind the extended partation, and
> that is then split into logical partitions. Please note, this only
> applies to "DOS" partation tables - the partation tables for hard drives
> normaly used on PC's. The rules are different for drives on a Sparc
> system, and for different versions of UNIX, as well as others.
>
> Also, some OSs will not boot from the second drive without some extra work
> done in LILO to remap the drives. Also, some OSs insist on being
> installed on a primary partation. DOS does, and I think Windows 98 does
> also. I am not sure about NT. Linux and OS/2 can be installed to logical
> partitions.
> >
> > It's been a while, but I've seen instances where NT's setup program
simply
> > won't recognize partitions larger than 2 gig. You have to use the other
> > install method-- if you tried the cd, make the setup disks; if you tried
> > disks, you'll need the cd; I forget which one has the limitation. Also,
if
> > I remember correctly, the boot portion of NT has to be on a primary
> > partition.
> >
> > Anyway, good luck!
> >
> > Kevin
> >
>
> Mikkel
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