Re: >8GB drive partitioning

1999-04-12 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Branden Robinson wrote: > > That limitation applies to lilo but not to loadlin. > > Observe: > > FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda3 3.8G 3.1G 492M 86% / > /dev/hda1 2.0G 1.4G 563M 72% /mnt/windows95 > > (/dev/hda2 is swap, and sits b

Re: >8GB drive partitioning

1999-04-12 Thread Adam Klein
On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 10:20:55PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 02:55:41PM -0400, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > > Also keep in mind that your Linux root partition should be within the > > first 1024 cylinders of the drive, or it will not

Re: >8GB drive partitioning

1999-04-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Apr 11, 1999 at 02:55:41PM -0400, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > Also keep in mind that your Linux root partition should be within the > first 1024 cylinders of the drive, or it will not boot with Lilo (or > Loadlin I believe also). That limitation applies to lilo but not to loadlin. Observe: Fil

Re: >8GB drive partitioning

1999-04-11 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Yes, I have used Ranish PM a lot, and even the beta version (2.38) is very stable and reliable - even if it is still unfinished. I don't use it as a boot manager, just as a partitioning tool. You can use it to downsize a FAT(16 or 32) partition, provided that partition has been defragged so that t

>8GB drive partitioning

1999-04-11 Thread Hamilton
Hi. I have been trying to install debian onto a new computer, and I am having problems with reparitioning the 12 Gig hard drive. I don't want to lose the information on the existing win98 installation. I have read the documentation etc with fips, and the current version (2.0) to the best of my kno