Re: [TCLUG:6306] RH Installation (REALLY RE: fdisk)

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

These instructions were assuming that the drive was free of other OS
partitions.  Since NT is consuming a good chunk of the drive, you're going
to need to repartition it with some partitioning software (ie partition
magic although I'm not sure how it works for NT).
If the NT partition is important to you (you do not want to rebuild it and
restore data), you should consider buying another disk for Linux.
Otherwise, nuke the NT stuff and start fresh with Linux (oh yeah, read the
Linux+NT howto ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/ there
may also be a fdisk howto in there, too.).

Peter Lukas

On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Perry Hoekstra wrote:

> At 03:15 PM 6/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Sorry about that, fdisk is pretty easy to use when armed with these simple
> >commands:
> >
> >p = print partition table
> >d = delete partition
> >n = new partition
> >p = primary partition
> >w = write partition table
> >a = make bootable
> >t = change partition type
> >q = quit
> >
> >Let's pretend that I've got a 4GB disk and I want 1.2GB for /, 2GB for
> >/home 1.2 gb for /usr and 40MB for swap (a "-> indicates steps between
> >commands):
> >
> >$fdisk /dev/sda  (I have scsi)
> >
> >n -> p -> 1 -> 1 -> +1200M # (147 or 118076 would also work)
> >n -> p -> 2 -> 148 -> +2000M # (402 or 2048287 would also work)
> >n -> p -> 3 -> 403 -> +40M
> >n -> p -> 4 -> 558 -> +1200M
> >a -> 1
> >t -> 3 -> 82
> >
> >Command (m for help): p
> >
> >Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 553 cylinders
> >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> >
> >   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> >/dev/sda1   *         1       147   1180746   83  Linux
> >/dev/sda2           148       402   2048287+  83  Linux
> >/dev/sda3           403       407     40162+  82  Linux swap
> >/dev/sda4           408       553   1172745   83  Linux
> >
> >w
> >
> >That's basically it.  It's pretty simple to use.  Remember, use
> >instructions at your own risk!  Good Luck!
> >
> 
> Looking at the hard disk using fdisk, I have the following (an NT system
> already exists on the harddrive)
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /tmp/hda1   *         1       255   2048256    6  DOS 16-bit<=32M
> /tmp/hda2           256      1024   6176992+   5  Extended
> /tmp/hda6           766      1024   2080386    6  DOS 16-bit<=32M
> 
> NT takes up 4GB of the system. I want to put Linux on 3GB of my 4.5GB free
> space and dual boot.  I can' t create a primary partition 'n -> p -> 1 -> 1
> -> +1200M' because a primary partition already exists.  I take it my 4.5GB
> of free space is in /tmp/hda2?  How would I set it up using fdisk?  Am I
> going to have LILO problems because I have 1027 cylinders, not 1024?
> 
> Thank you for all your help!
> 
> Perry Hoekstra - dutchman@mn.uswest.net
> -------------------------------------------------
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> Not all those who wander are lost;                 
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> Deep roots are not reached by frost.              
> 
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> Renewed shall be the Unix OS that was broken,     
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> 
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