Thanks guys Someone always has the answer It never ceases to amaze me that the answers are out there in cyberspace. Thank very much for your tips. It looks like I need to get 7.2 and be very careful how I install it
many thanks Mike -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Bearer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 12 April 2002 08:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: Dual boot RH7.1 WinXP I newer versions of lilo and grub don't have the 1024 limitation, I thought 7.1 had a new enough lilo, but I guess not, I'd suggest to try 7.2 On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 16:10, Linux wrote: > Hi I have tried to make the dual boot system but I am unable to get past the > disk druid partitioning. When I get to the disk druid it can see the XP NTFS > 20Gb partition and the 10Gb free space. It wants to create the root "/" > partition on the NTFS partition but will not accept doing so. > > OOPs when I add a new partition to hda I get the message Failed > Boot > partition > 1024 cylinders any suggestions. > > Is there a how-to on dual boot systems? Should I install RedHat first? What > am I doing wrong? > > Mike > > > Hi > > I need to make my PC dual boot. It currently has WinXP on it which takes up > 20 out of 30Gb of the hard disk. The rest of the disk is unpartitioned. What > is the procedure for installing RH7.1 on the 2nd partition. Any guidance > greatly appreciated. > > > Many Thanks > > Mike > > > This mail was processed by Mail essentials for Exchange/SMTP, > the email security & management gateway. Mail essentials adds > content checking, email encryption, anti spam, anti virus, > attachment compression, personalised auto responders, archiving > and more to your Microsoft Exchange Server or SMTP mail server. > For more information visit http://www.mailessentials.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Jeff Bearer, RHCE Webmaster PittsburghLIVE.com 2002 EPpy Award, Best Online U.S. Newspaper _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list This mail was processed by Mail essentials for Exchange/SMTP, the email security & management gateway. Mail essentials adds content checking, email encryption, anti spam, anti virus, attachment compression, personalised auto responders, archiving and more to your Microsoft Exchange Server or SMTP mail server. For more information visit http://www.mailessentials.com _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
