Re: [LI] partition problems

["Archan Paul" <archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Welcome to the Linux. May I give u one suggestion regarding the partitioning
of HDD? I used to partition my HDD using the "cfdisk" of Linux. It is
completely menu driven and believe me, it easier though powerful than
dos/win "fdisk". As u have made 4partitions (2pri + 2ext), I will suggest u
to make 4 pri partitions using "cfdisk" and make one of them, Linux native
root and install the bootloader in the first sector of that partition. So
that the LILO won't be in the MBR and hence has no chance of corruption. By
the way, don't forget to make the Linux native partition to be the active
partition.

Just a suggestion.

Archan
archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.bigfoot.com/~archanp

ps. do experiment with the above scheme in the next chance u get. So the
convertion is in progress ;-)


----- Original Message -----
From: DigitelNet Systems <digitelnet@xxxxxxxx>
To: linux <linux-india-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 8:23 AM
Subject: [LI] partition problems


> Last day i had the opportunity to help out a friend in setting up Caldera
> Open Linux
> (roshan -- one more convert), where I had asked that guy to get his 6gb
> partitioned
> into 2pri, 2 ext, (c and d for windows) and leave the rest as free
> unpartitioned space.
> I expected it to be that way and tried to use the fdisk (i am not familiar
> with this), could
> not add a partion since the n comand prompted me with "starting cylynder
> [724-724]"
> well i was baffled, then i went back and checked the allocated disk space
> for Windows
> and found the total as just about 4.3 gb.  The bios as well as the setup
> util for linux is
> detecting the hdd as having 6532MB. Finally at a last try, i checked using
> the fdisk for
> dos and found that the primary partition was 2gb, the rest was extended
and
> in the extended
> the logical drives were taking up 2.3 gb and the rest was free in the
> extended partition. well
> I took it out, created a 128mb swap, 1.8gb native and ploughed the
> installation along.
> Now he too is a proud owner of a linux machine. (george it is u) yea he
too
> is a member
> on the list.
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pankaj <meetpankaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 2:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [LI] PC Quest -> Linux 6.1 etc
>
>
> > By the way, I tried to install Linux 5.2 at one of my friends place. He
> has
> > one primary
> > partition and one extended partition with 3 logical ones. Each is 1 GB.
> When
>
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