Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1377 mails)

[ariggins@xxxxxxxx (Alan Riggins)]

Thanks for the reply.  I had found this howto, but I still wasn't able to
solve the problem.  I tried everything except hacking the kernel, which I
really don't want to do.  I'm trying to setup a dual boot system
(Linux/win98) on a single 14.4GB IDE drive.  I used DOS fdisk to set up the
drive:

| IBM Boot mgr  |  linux /   |   Win98   |  extended  |

Then I ran SuSE setup to try to add the remaining partitions needed.  Yast
didn't recognize any part of the drive past 1024 cylinders, although the
drive has 1757.  I used Ctrl Alt F2 to get a prompt while running yast, and
used linux fdisk to try to add partitions.  Linux fdisk didn't let me add
any partitions past 1024 either, so I entered "expert" mode and manually
changed the number of cylinders.  After a reboot, the problem remains.
Another 7GB or so remains after the 1024 cylinder "barrier" that I can't
use.

If I can't solve the problem within a day or two, I'll go ahead and buy a
second 8GB drive just for linux.

Hopefully someone out there has been successful in installing a dual boot
system on a single large IDE drive.  I don't really want 22GB of HD storage
just yet, so if anyone else has a suggestion, I'd appreciate it.

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Hi,

I erased the original message by mistake but the problem was with a 14gig
IBM IDE disk.
Here is a URL which might be useful:
<A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk.html";><A HREF="http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk.html</A">http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk.html</A</A>>

I did not have time to read it yet...

alexm

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