Re: partitioning 45 gig HD

2001-02-06 Thread Zac Epkes
What i would do in this and for anyone is Make sure / is the first partition (Primary) or make a small 30mb partition for /boot at the beginning of the drive which Lilo will require for the 1024 cylinder max. As long as the other partitions i would make / maybe 3 to 4 gb (this is plenty), /usr 5gb

Re: partitioning 45 gig HD

2001-02-04 Thread John Travis
On Sunday 04 February 2001 07:20, ktb wrote: > To get around the 1024 thing put the line - > lba32 > in your /etc/lilo.conf file or use the -L option. > # lilo -L > > As far as partitioning primary vs. logical I think you can have 2 or > so primary and as many logical as you need. I may be wrong o

Re: partitioning 45 gig HD

2001-02-04 Thread Nick
;Marc A. Donges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 10:25 PM Subject: Re: partitioning 45 gig HD > On Saturday, February 03, 2001 at 22:07:29 (-0800), Nick wrote: > > I don't know much about the 1024

Re: (and) partitioning 45 gig HD

2001-02-04 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 10:07:29PM -0800, Nick wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone have experience partitioning large Hardrives and making Lilo > happy? > > I don't know much about the 1024 cyclinder except that you need to install > root somewhere before it. > > How can I tell w/ my drive? Using

Re: partitioning 45 gig HD

2001-02-04 Thread Marc A. Donges
On Saturday, February 03, 2001 at 22:07:29 (-0800), Nick wrote: > I don't know much about the 1024 cyclinder except that you need to install > root somewhere before it. We're talking about i386, right? On older systems, the kernel image had to be before that boundary. I usually made a separate /

Re: partitioning 45 gig HD

2001-02-04 Thread ktb
On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 10:07:29PM -0800, Nick wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone have experience partitioning large Hardrives and making Lilo > happy? > > I don't know much about the 1024 cyclinder except that you need to install > root somewhere before it. > > How can I tell w/ my drive? Using

partitioning 45 gig HD

2001-02-04 Thread Nick
Hello,   Does anyone have experience partitioning large Hardrives and making Lilo happy?   I don't know much about the 1024 cyclinder except that you need to install root somewhere before it.   How can I tell w/ my drive?  Using a IBM Deskstar ATA/100 45 Gig   I wanna make: / /usr /home /data