Re: [TCLUG:4857] 12 Gig Win/Linux dual boot

[David Christian <dchristian@macalester.edu>]

This is what I've discovered for installing on a hard drive with more than
1024 Cylinders (8 Gigs):
1. Windows must be installed first.
2. Since Linux must be installed on the first 1024 Cylinders, Windows must
take up less than 8 Megs.  (Generally at most 7).

2.a This will be all the Windows you get, because Window's FDISK, if it
cannot recognize the logical partitions on the hard drive (the ones
created on the extended partition by Linux) will only create another
logical partition on the first 1024 Cylinders.

3. So, then you must create a Linux partition, but that root partition
must be within the first 1024 cylinders as well, so your root partition
must be about a gig.  Then, you can divvie up the last 4 gigs among your
different linux sections.  It seems to me a rather stupid way to have to
do things, but it's the best I can figure out.

If I'm missing something (i.e. is it just the /boot directory that has to
be in the first 1024 Cylinders?) please let me know.

Dave