hi sorry for the late reply. I think i can solve your problem. I actually did quite the samething for that and a month ago it was this list members who solved it. Okay, i used this on a 6.3 eval cd but it must work for you also. Before it starts the installation (if you cd boot) , it gives a "boot:" prompt. Here specify the disk geometry, say boot: linux hda=1024,255,63 irrespective of whether it is in LBA, normal or in large modes in the bios. Then proceed with the installation and then after it boots (with only linux and suse labels) fire up Yast and in the system adm menu go for kernel and boot configuration and then add a new image "nt" and proceed. This *MUST* work irrespective of the number of cylinders or the size of the harddisk ...but ... i don't know how adversely it can affect you. For me so far it hasn't . Cheers cheedu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- email: omicron@pes.edu website: www.geocities.com/sri_dhar_n It is impossible to do anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Raghavendra R wrote:
Hi,
I have a Intel P III processor with a 17 GB Seagate hard drive. Ths BIOS recognises this hard disk as one with 33416 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors. I want to install Win 95, Win NT and Linux on my hard drive. I ran MS-DOS fdisk program and created a primary partition of 2 GB and the entire remaining portion of the hard disk as an extended partition. I formatted the primary partition as a DOS FAT16 filesystem (C:) and also the starting portion (2 GB) of the extended partition as another DOS FAT 16 filesystem (D:). I want to install NT Workstation from 4 GB till 10 GB by creating a NTFS filesystem for that portion. Finally, i would like to install Suse Linux 6.3 on the remaining 6.5 GB of the hard disk.
I have a few doubts on my mind. Can i install Linux on the last 6 GB of my 17 GB har disk?? I heard that Linux should be installed on the first 8 GB of the hard disk or the first 1024 cylinders of my hard disk. Is it true?? Also, should i always repartition the hard drive thro' Linux yast before installation??. Please advise.
Raghav
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