On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Amin wrote:
>
> I think there's an issue here about Linux needing its boot
> partition within the first 1024 cylinders of the hard disk,
> or something like that. In any case, here's what I'd
The 1024 cylinder limit only applies to older versions of Lilo, as I
understand it. A
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 06:51:34AM -0800, Arthur Kng wrote:
>1)back up all my data at a friends place. fdisk and
> delete all existing partitions. make a
> primary partition of 10GB on which i'll load the
> Windows OS and which will also have the data
> which i want to access
Hey all,
First up, thank you everyone for your prompt
help. you've really made it easier for me.
reading all your posts i've come up with a plan which
goes like this:
( just to remind you, i have a 20GB disk, C drive:5GB
having WinME(FAT32), D drive: 15GB having all my
data(FAT32), 128MB
While you got a lot of feedback on the disk repartitioning question,
responses to your other question seemed cursory.
At 08:16 PM 4/2/2003 -0800, Arthur Kng wrote:
[...]
also i have 128MB RAM. so what should be the size
of my Swap partition?
Anywhere between 0 and 256 MB, depending on things
Repartitioning a drive is always risky - more so if you're new at it. Be
prepared for the possibility of losing data and/or having to start
everything from scratch again (including your DOS/Win partitions). There's
just no absolutely safe way to do this sort of thing: I've done it many
times and ha
ssage-
From: Arthur Kng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 8:17 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Hard disk repartitioning
Dear all,
I have a 20GB hard disk with a 5GB primary partition(C
drive, DOS partition) and 15GB logical partition(D
drive, extended DOS partition).
Dear all,
I have a 20GB hard disk with a 5GB primary partition(C
drive, DOS partition) and 15GB logical partition(D
drive, extended DOS partition). The C drive has WinME
and all application softwares and has 3.74 GB of free
space. The D drive has all my data and has 9.84 GB of
free space. I want t
