Re: [TCLUG:11346] Linux and 17GB

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

LILO requires the linux root drive (where your kernel is) to be within the
first 1024 sectors of the drive.. what you will proabably have to do is
create your root partition as a primary before teh first 1024.

try this configuration.

/dev/hda1	linux  (bootable)	1gig
/dev/hda2	win98  			5gig
/dev/hda3	extended (rest of drive)

/dev/hda4	linux-swap (whatever)
/dev/hda5	linux /usr		2gig
/dev/hda6	linux /home		2gig
/dev/hda7	vfat (for your shared thing) rest of drive

you can scale the drive sizes if you like, but try and keep the first 2
partitions under 8gig.


Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Agovic, Amer wrote:

> Hi,
>   I hope some of you guys can help me.
>   I have got a 17 GB HD and it has 3 partitions.The first one 5GB is
> reserved  for Win98, the second one 5GB is shared and on the third one
> (>1024) is Linux.
>   Linux is a mix of SuSE 6.1,RedHat 5.2 and Slakware distribution.My problem
> is that LILO and LOADLIN don't work so that only way to access Linux is
> through bootdisk.Since I haven't been in the scene for a while I would like
> to know if there is a new way to use either LILO or LOADLIN with this
> configuration.
> 
>  Thank you
>   Amer Agovic
>  
> 
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