On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Huang Yan wrote:
> I've just downloaded and installed Debian, the following problems were > encountered: > > 1. My PC have 2 harddisks and 1 CD-ROM: > Primary IDE Master: 4.3G (hda), LBA MODE > Primary IDE Slave: NONE > Secondary IDE Master: SONY CD-ROM(CDU611) > Secondary IDE Slave: 2.1G (hdd), LBA MODE > > I installed Windows95 osr2 on hda first and then installed Debian on hdd from > ... What happens if you try to boot Linux? Does LILO prints out a message (like LI or such)? Have you tried to set your CMOS setup to AUTO MODE? > 2. What's the difference between primary partition and logical partition in > Linux? Which should I select when I partition my harddisk for Debian? > > It has the same meaning as in Mess-Dos. A primary partition can be divided into several logical partitions. Thats why there can only be 4 primary partitions. Jens
