RE: [newbie] Large HD install
At 04:38 PM 8/2/99 -0700, you wrote: Right. If you have a small /boot partition (~25 MByte partition) in the first 8Gig area of your disk, you will be able to boot OK. The rest of the linux can go anywhere. Thanks, this did the trick. I set the / under 8MB, but not /boot. Now if I can figure out the xconfiguration. Rob Bill -Original Message- From: James J. O'Keefe, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Large HD install Doesn't this problem have to do with the size of the first partition exceeding 1023 cylinders and dos is not able to see the second partition? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pr. Robert Wurst Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 16:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Large HD install I'm trying to install LM 6.0 for the first time. I used fips to decrease my windows 98 partition on a 13 GB HD. When I try and run Disk Druid, it comes up with an error "Boot partition too large." I know that I've read something about this, but can't remember where. Can anyone give me a hand with this? TIA Rob
Re: [newbie] Large HD install
At 07:28 PM 8/2/99 -0500, you wrote: I'm trying to install LM 6.0 for the first time. I used fips to decrease my windows 98 partition on a 13 GB HD. When I try and run Disk Druid, it comes up with an error "Boot partition too large." I know that I've read something about this, but can't remember where. Can anyone give me a hand with this? TIA TIA? Thanks in advance Rob
RE: [newbie] Large HD install
Doesn't this problem have to do with the size of the first partition exceeding 1023 cylinders and dos is not able to see the second partition? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pr. Robert Wurst Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 16:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Large HD install I'm trying to install LM 6.0 for the first time. I used fips to decrease my windows 98 partition on a 13 GB HD. When I try and run Disk Druid, it comes up with an error "Boot partition too large." I know that I've read something about this, but can't remember where. Can anyone give me a hand with this? TIA Rob
RE: [newbie] Large HD install
Right. If you have a small /boot partition (~25 MByte partition) in the first 8Gig area of your disk, you will be able to boot OK. The rest of the linux can go anywhere. Bill -Original Message- From: James J. O'Keefe, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Large HD install Doesn't this problem have to do with the size of the first partition exceeding 1023 cylinders and dos is not able to see the second partition? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pr. Robert Wurst Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 16:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Large HD install I'm trying to install LM 6.0 for the first time. I used fips to decrease my windows 98 partition on a 13 GB HD. When I try and run Disk Druid, it comes up with an error "Boot partition too large." I know that I've read something about this, but can't remember where. Can anyone give me a hand with this? TIA Rob
RE: [newbie] Large HD install
Doesn't this problem have to do with the size of the first partition exceeding 1023 cylinders and dos is not able to see the second partition? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pr. Robert Wurst Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 16:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Large HD install I'm trying to install LM 6.0 for the first time. I used fips to decrease my windows 98 partition on a 13 GB HD. When I try and run Disk Druid, it comes up with an error "Boot partition too large." I know that I've read something about this, but can't remember where. Can anyone give me a hand with this? TIA Rob
