Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20001113144927.00fa58c8@popd.ix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 14:49:27 +0000
From: Samy Elashmawy
I'm just in the process of installing SuSE 6.4 on one of my machines. This machine already has two other operating systems (Win95 and OS/2). I have a reasonable amount of disk space for SuSE (around 8 GB), but the available disk space within the first 1024 cylinders is limited (less than 2 GB). As a result, I wanted to partition the drive to leave a relatively small partition below the 1024 limit, and split the rest of the system onto partitions further up on the disk.
Can someone suggest a set of suitable mount points? I tried using one partition set as /, and another set as /usr, but this isn't a wonderful split - I've ended up with less than 100 mb on the / partition, but close to 1.6 gb on the /usr partition.
You need a /boot partion under the 1024 cyl limit , and then you can set lilo to the MBRand use lilo to boot which ever system. You may be able to set lilo to /boot but this I do not know. I use the MBR an my dual boot pc. 1st partion /boot 2nd partion windows partion 3rd partion / 4th partion swap any more the 4 you will want to set up a logical drive(?) and then break that up into smalled partions. I have allways used the linux fdisk for this. A handy tool is partionmagic , and drive2drive which id a disk coping util. You can copy the partion magic dos utils to a floppy and run them from the flopy. <p><p>>What I'm not sure of is whether I should make more than 2 partitions, or
whether there is a better split than the one I've tried. Any suggestions welcome...
paul.
----------------------------------------------------------- paulm@waitrose.com Paul Marwick - Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, UK Marwick Computer Services - OS/2, LAN & general computer consultants -----------------------------------------------------------
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