Re: Best way to partition a 10 GB IDE disk for Win98+RH6.1
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Doug McGarrett wrote: > speed. Then make a /boot partition. I'm not sure how big that has > to be, but 100MB is more than enough. My /boot is 5MB and got 47% of usage =). > My experience is that fdisk is the program to use. Maybe things are > better now, but in 5.0 days, the other gadget, "Disk Druid," > gave me much grief. Just go to the help menu every time you need to. Disk Druid works for installations, but when I have had troubles with partition tables, only fdisk helps! -- Manuel A. Camacho Q. Refrigeracion Industrial Beirute, S.A. San Jose, Costa Rica. Phone: (506)233-4222. Fax: (506)222-3570. "Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains." -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Best way to partition a 10 GB IDE disk for Win98+RH6.1
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:05:13 -0600 (CST) From: Jamin Philip Gray To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Best way to partition a 10 GB IDE disk for Win98+RH6.1 Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I'm having some trouble getting Win98 and Redhat 6.1 to work well together. I have a 10 GB IDE disk and I want 4 GB devoted to Linux and 6 GB devoted to Windows 98. I'm doing a completely fresh install in a blank hard drive. What is the proper way to do this? I'm having trouble with the partitioning. Any help would be appreciated. Jamin Philip Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/ I think what you need to do is to use MS fdisk to make a partition the size you want for W98. Be careful! W98 wants the whole drive! But let it make the new fs, whatever it's called. That will be hda1 (or sda1). Install W98. Now start Linux install. Make your swap partition first--it wants to be near the outside of the disk for speed. Then make a /boot partition. I'm not sure how big that has to be, but 100MB is more than enough. The reason to do this this way, is so that your boot files will be on a disk portion less than the block limit for LILO to work. Then make / and whatever else you want (/usr, f'rinstance) on the rest of the drive. Install Linux, and let the installer put LILO on the mbr of the first partition. Tell the installer which OS you prefer to have start at bootup (if the installer gives you that option--if it doesn't you can modify LILO with any old editor after everything's running). My experience is that fdisk is the program to use. Maybe things are better now, but in 5.0 days, the other gadget, "Disk Druid," gave me much grief. Just go to the help menu every time you need to. Then do whatever you want. Check the partition scheme. Make the W98 partition primary (bootable) if it's not already, and also your /boot. And THEN, but not before, commit yourself. Then install Linux. If I have goofed here, someone will let us know almost instantly, but I'm pretty sure I have it right. Good luck! --doug .. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Best way to partition a 10 GB IDE disk for Win98+RH6.1
Ok, here is the way that I would do it. Start with a boot floppy from a Windows 98 (or Win95b) computer and copy fdisk onto it, then boot from the floppy and use fdisk to make one partition of 6 gig. Then reboot and format the partition, ignore the free space for know. You need for it be eithe Win 98 or (or Win95b) to be able to use the Fat32. Then copy the [CDROM]\win98 directory to something like [C:\win98cab] and then procede to install windows 98 from the hardrive, the [C:\win98cab] directory. This will keep you from having to insert the stupid CDROM everytime you make a change in something. Then after you get windows all setup the way you like it just procede to boot off the Redhat 6.1 boot disk. Select the "Install GNOME Workstation" (or whatever you want to install, other than the custom (the custom does not hadle the rest for you, you have to do it manually) then let the installer do its magic when you are done you will have two labels at the LILO boot prompt, linux and dos. Entering dos at the LILO prompt will continue to boot windows. You can configure LILO to default to windows at the boot if you so like. HTH, Later.. Steven - Original Message - From: Jamin Philip Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 2:05 PM Subject: Best way to partition a 10 GB IDE disk for Win98+RH6.1 > > I'm having some trouble getting Win98 and Redhat 6.1 to work well > together. I have a 10 GB IDE disk and I want 4 GB devoted to Linux > and 6 GB devoted to Windows 98. I'm doing a completely fresh install > in a blank hard drive. What is the proper way to do this? I'm having > trouble with the partitioning. Any help would be appreciated. > > > Jamin Philip Gray > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/ > > Love is a sweet, sweet wine--I know > For I have drunk too deep of it, > Though not a bit my fill. > The pleasures came, my head grew light, > I made myself a fool. > I laughed, and the world laughed at me-- > And when it ended, she left me, alone, > Stumbling home, alone, > I vomitted bitter tears of sorrow, sadness, longing, loss. > I cried, and I cried alone. > And when I woke, a headache in me throbbed > That I might not forget my whilom joys, > And in its steady beat these words rang clear: > "The Joy is worth the Pain." > > --Adam Lopresto > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Re: Best way to partition a 10 GB IDE disk for Win98+RH6.1
Dear Jamin; I used Partition Magic to make some place for linux and even format it as ext2 filesystem for linux. I believe that it makes things very simple. Try it. maziar On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Jamin Philip Gray wrote: > > I'm having some trouble getting Win98 and Redhat 6.1 to work well > together. I have a 10 GB IDE disk and I want 4 GB devoted to Linux > and 6 GB devoted to Windows 98. I'm doing a completely fresh install > in a blank hard drive. What is the proper way to do this? I'm having > trouble with the partitioning. Any help would be appreciated. > > > Jamin Philip Gray > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/ > > Love is a sweet, sweet wine--I know > For I have drunk too deep of it, > Though not a bit my fill. > The pleasures came, my head grew light, > I made myself a fool. > I laughed, and the world laughed at me-- > And when it ended, she left me, alone, > Stumbling home, alone, > I vomitted bitter tears of sorrow, sadness, longing, loss. > I cried, and I cried alone. > And when I woke, a headache in me throbbed > That I might not forget my whilom joys, > And in its steady beat these words rang clear: > "The Joy is worth the Pain." > > --Adam Lopresto > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
RE: Best way to partition a 10 GB IDE disk for Win98+RH6.1
Let me suggest Partition Magic. It'll take care of most of it for you. -Original Message- From: Jamin Philip Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 3:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Best way to partition a 10 GB IDE disk for Win98+RH6.1 I'm having some trouble getting Win98 and Redhat 6.1 to work well together. I have a 10 GB IDE disk and I want 4 GB devoted to Linux and 6 GB devoted to Windows 98. I'm doing a completely fresh install in a blank hard drive. What is the proper way to do this? I'm having trouble with the partitioning. Any help would be appreciated. Jamin Philip Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/ Love is a sweet, sweet wine--I know For I have drunk too deep of it, Though not a bit my fill. The pleasures came, my head grew light, I made myself a fool. I laughed, and the world laughed at me-- And when it ended, she left me, alone, Stumbling home, alone, I vomitted bitter tears of sorrow, sadness, longing, loss. I cried, and I cried alone. And when I woke, a headache in me throbbed That I might not forget my whilom joys, And in its steady beat these words rang clear: "The Joy is worth the Pain." --Adam Lopresto -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
Best way to partition a 10 GB IDE disk for Win98+RH6.1
I'm having some trouble getting Win98 and Redhat 6.1 to work well together. I have a 10 GB IDE disk and I want 4 GB devoted to Linux and 6 GB devoted to Windows 98. I'm doing a completely fresh install in a blank hard drive. What is the proper way to do this? I'm having trouble with the partitioning. Any help would be appreciated. Jamin Philip Gray [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/ Love is a sweet, sweet wine--I know For I have drunk too deep of it, Though not a bit my fill. The pleasures came, my head grew light, I made myself a fool. I laughed, and the world laughed at me-- And when it ended, she left me, alone, Stumbling home, alone, I vomitted bitter tears of sorrow, sadness, longing, loss. I cried, and I cried alone. And when I woke, a headache in me throbbed That I might not forget my whilom joys, And in its steady beat these words rang clear: "The Joy is worth the Pain." --Adam Lopresto -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
