Re: Help- fdisking large IDEs for Win95/Debian
On Mon, 12 May 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: Having moved my Debian system from a 850Meg IDE to a 1.2 Gig IDE that had been previously used for Win95 [I know, but I _have_ to use Win95 for certain apps], it appears that the partition table is really messed up. Using LBA in the BIOS settings, Debian seems to be happy with it, but DOS/Win95 doesn't report the sizes correctly. If I use Extended CHS for the BIOS, DOS/WIn95 is happy but Debian is not. Sounds as if you're just casually switching between ECHS and LBA. This is very risky, from what I understand. You could mangle the whole disk contents if you're unlucky. Perhaps it might be worth reading the EIDE ATA FAQ whose home page is http://thef-nym.sci.kun.nl/~pieterh/storage.html At this point I am beginning to think that for a 2-disk system, I should make the first one Win95 exclusively, and make the second one strictly a Linux disk (and use LBA on the Linux disk). That's what I'm doing at the moment, but I don't think my methods will apply because my Win95 disks are a mere 170MB (the University gives these away nowadays) and my Linux disks are SCSI. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Help- fdisking large IDEs for Win95/Debian
Having moved my Debian system from a 850Meg IDE to a 1.2 Gig IDE that had been previously used for Win95 [I know, but I _have_ to use Win95 for certain apps], it appears that the partition table is really messed up. Using LBA in the BIOS settings, Debian seems to be happy with it, but DOS/Win95 doesn't report the sizes correctly. If I use Extended CHS for the BIOS, DOS/WIn95 is happy but Debian is not. I have to rebuild the Win95 installation anyway, and am willing to re-do the Linux also if I can resolve this problem. The large-disk HOTWO suggests using LBA for large disks. This may be fine for Linux, but I am not convinced it is correct if one wants to put a DOS partition on the Linux disk. At this point I am beginning to think that for a 2-disk system, I should make the first one Win95 exclusively, and make the second one strictly a Linux disk (and use LBA on the Linux disk). If anyone has successfuly done this I would like to hear the details of your configuration. BTW I am using Intel Zappa Motherboard W/AMI BIOS. Thanks! -- Key fingerprint = D6 A7 D7 8C 92 CB 42 FD 60 D5 62 1C D7 B9 EA 8E Ken Gaugler N6OSK Hybrid Networks, Inc. Cupertino, Calif. URL: http://www.hybrid.com (personal: keng at wco dot com URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng) The life of a Repo Man is ALWAYS INTENSE... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
