Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Ron Stodden
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Sevationot really so. The procedures that install Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but instead is a version of Corel's

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Sevationot really so. The procedures that install Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Sevationot really so. The procedures that install Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Sevationot really so. The procedures that install Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Ronagain, not really so. The same shell script and .img files (the .img files contain Partition Magic 5.0 instead of 4.0 of course) are on the 5.0 Partition Magic CD as were on the 4.0 Partition Magic CD. Whoever gave you that

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Ron Stodden
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Ronagain, not really so. The same shell script and .img files (the .img files contain Partition Magic 5.0 instead of 4.0 of course) are on the 5.0 Partition Magic CD as were on the 4.0 Partition Magic CD.

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
[snip] What does that have to do with you disseminating incorrect information? I tell it like it is, Sir. You should broaden your ability to accept facts. My point that you seem to have missed was that the d/l upgrade apparantly is not the same as a PM5 CD. There is no Linux

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-31 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 08:41:04AM +, Sevatio Octavio wrote: Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD? i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed. Seve I posted a writeup on this list a while ago; check the archives. Several of the responses in

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-31 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
In my experience, using a total of more than 16 partitions does not work very well. I would recommend not going over /dev/hda16. You will notice that this is as many as are pre-created for you in the /dev directory, and even when I did mknod's to extend these, I had trouble. I'd actually going

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-31 Thread Sevatio Octavio
] Partitioning Rules - ?: On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 08:41:04AM +, Sevatio Octavio wrote: Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD? i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed. Seve I posted a writeup on this list a while ago; check the archives. Several

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-31 Thread Mark Weaver
what if you have a head crash on that disk. Your reserve install isn't going to do anything then. -- Mark ** Registered Linux user # 182496 ** On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: In my experience, using a total of more than 16 partitions does not work

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-31 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 12:45:26PM -0400, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: In my experience, using a total of more than 16 partitions does not work very well. I would recommend not going over /dev/hda16. You will notice that this is as many as are pre-created for you in the /dev directory,

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-31 Thread kf
system, easy to use. Read teh manpage first though. kf = = = Original Message = = On 7/30/00, 7:45:24 AM, Charles Curley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding = Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?: = = = On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 08:41:04AM +, Sevatio Octavio wrote: = Where could I find

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-31 Thread Alan Shoemaker
: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?: On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 08:41:04AM +, Sevatio Octavio wrote: Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD? i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed. Seve I posted a writeup on this list a while ago; check

[expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-30 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD? i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed. Seve

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-30 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 30-Jul-00 by Sevatio Octavio: Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD? i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed. The answer is actually quite simple. You may have up to four primary partitions, one of which may be an extended partition. An

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-30 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 08:41:04AM +, Sevatio Octavio wrote: Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD? i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed. Get a book about basic computing for DOS. 4 primary, max. 1 of the 4 may be an extended which can

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-07-30 Thread Ron Stodden
Sevatio Octavio wrote: Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD? i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed. Max primary partitions on each physical drive is 4, of which no more than one may be an extended partition, leaving max 3 others. Max logical