I partitioned my 13 Gig hd using Partition Magic 4.0 and installed my 3rd SuSe linux, 6.3 using yast1. SuSe is by far the best distribution. I have only a few questions: 1. I get this message when I use fdisk: The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1653. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) /dev/hda2 is my /boot and it is below the 1024 boundary so I don't think I have a problem. ================================================= 2. as shown below, /dev/hda4 is a Win95 Ext'd (LBA) I installed SuSe with no problems. Being a Win95 extended partition, could this cause a problem and should I change it to a linux extended using linux fdisk. I read in this group that you should't mix PM and fdisk. This is my partition table: Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 230 1847443+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 231 243 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/hda4 244 1653 11325825 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 244 260 136521 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 261 515 2048256 83 Linux /dev/hda7 516 778 2112516 83 Linux /dev/hda8 779 1033 2048256 83 Linux /dev/hda9 1034 1288 2048256 83 Linux /dev/hda10 1289 1479 1534176 83 Linux /dev/hda11 1480 1653 1397623+ 83 Linux ======================================================== jozien Have a lot of fun!!! -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 09:28:39 -0400, Joseph Zieniewicz wrote:
/dev/hda4 is a Win95 Ext'd (LBA) I installed SuSe with no problems. Being a Win95 extended partition, could this cause a problem
you won't have any problems with this setup andy sent by andy peerand using recyled protons ... (A)bort, (R)etry, (P)retend this never happened. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Joseph Zieniewicz wrote:
I partitioned my 13 Gig hd using Partition Magic 4.0 and installed my 3rd SuSe linux, 6.3 using yast1. SuSe is by far the best distribution. I have only a few questions:
1. I get this message when I use fdisk:
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1653. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
/dev/hda2 is my /boot and it is below the 1024 boundary so I don't think I have a problem.
I would agree with you here, this is not a problem since your /boot is below cylinder 1024.
2. as shown below, /dev/hda4 is a Win95 Ext'd (LBA) I installed SuSe with no problems. Being a Win95 extended partition, could this cause a problem and should I change it to a linux extended using linux fdisk. I read in this group that you should't mix PM and fdisk.
Just leave the extended partition as a Windows 95 extended - it shouldn't cause any problems. In fact, I don't think there is such a thing as a Linux extended partition. And you're correct in that you shouldn't usually mix PM and Linux fdisk. Hope that helps, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:12:24 +0100, Chris Reeves wrote:
Just leave the extended partition as a Windows 95 extended - it shouldn't cause any problems. In fact, I don't think there is such a thing as a Linux extended partition.
fyi, there us a linux extended partition, its type 85. andy sent by andy peerand using recyled protons ... Static Kling? isn't that a moon orbiting the Klingon Homeworld? -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
andy peerand wrote:
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:12:24 +0100, Chris Reeves wrote:
Just leave the extended partition as a Windows 95 extended - it shouldn't cause any problems. In fact, I don't think there is such a thing as a Linux extended partition.
fyi, there us a linux extended partition, its type 85.
So there is! Hmmm, I wonder what the difference is between that and 'normal' extended (5) or Win95 extended (f). Unfortunately 'man fdisk' doesn't shed any light on the matter, nor do the kernel docs. Could anyone explain what's so special about Linux Extended? (I have a sneaking in suspicion that it's something to do with being able to nest extended partitions...) Thanks for the pointer, Chris -- Sorry everybody - all the servers at the ISP I use for email have been down for the past four days. They've come back up again, so now I have to catch up on all that mail... __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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