In a message dated 1/21/99 11:14:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> /dev/hdb1 type 83 Linux Swap 96MB Logical > /dev/hdb5 type 82 Linux 718MB Primary boot > > my first question is: is this correct? > This seems fine. The normal rule of thumb is that your swap partition should be twice the size of your phsyical memory - 96M is fine. > When I get to the step Install Kernel and Modules, I can't find the > original Win95 harddrive with the Linux files on it to continue. Do I > need to make a DOS partition on the 814MB harddrive and copy the > C:\Linux directory to that? or do I need to make the 814MB hard the > master disk? > Two things: * If your Win95 drive is compressed, you won't be able to access it from Linux. * If that isn't the case, check for the 'mount partition' option in the install program, and see if that will let you mount your C: drive. It certainly is possible to install Linux to another drive without affecting your Win95 drive, but since you're modifiying your boot record when installing LILO, it isn't a bad idea to make a backup first. -Jay
