I have done this many times. I have also deleted and moved partitions. It is important that the Windows partition remain the first partition. BTW: I never make a separate boot partition. There used to be a problem with LILO on very large disks, but that problem (actually a non-problem since you could add linear) was corrected. The problem was that LILO could not handle kernels located beyond the 1024th cylinder. Also, before painting yourself in a corner, make sure you have a boot diskette because LILO inserts the physical address of the boot kernel into the MBR. At the Boston Linux and Unix installfests, I use Partition Magic to squeeze the Windows (9x, NT or 2K) down, and I usually create one swap and one large partition for Linux (which is better, IMHO) for beginners. At home: /dev/hda1 - Windows ME /dev/hda5 - / /dev/hda6 - Linux Swap /dev/hda7 - /home /dev/hda8 - /home1 I use the /home1 partition for nightly backups of the network, and generally mount and unmount it as needed. In the past, I have resized and changed the above configuration as needed. Smaller partitions are generally a bit faster. At one time, my system was hanging as a result of the primary hd going to sleep. After swapping out cables and stuff, I finally tracked it down to a problem with my power supply. I have added and removed a /var partition. After making major partition changes, I boot the SuSE installation media and either run LILO manually from a virtual terminal or let the installation utility boot the installed system. You can also rdev a boot floppy. On 28 Mar 2002 at 14:15, Phil Shrimpton wrote:
On Wednesday 27 March 2002 00:20, Magnus Hagebris wrote:
Hi,
I am using the XP bootloader to boot linux and it works just fine. I believe NT and 2000 works in the same way. Of course I messed up a few times first. Like not having a separate /boot partition below the first 1024 cylinders (< 8.5Gb or something).
Can I add this /boot partition after I have already installed SuSE/W2K? (I have Partition Magic)
Check out this link: http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/nt.html
Thanks, it seams all I need to get this working is a separate boot partition, which I missed before the 'install'
It works, and was not this what you were asking about?
Yes it was. Classic case of reading the manual after the event.
Phil
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