Many thanks, Joe Yes, I saw some reference in the documentation to the first 1024 cylinders... but not entirely decipherable. I will follow your suggested course of action
I appreciate the several feedbacks I've been getting. Would love to have the two OS's co-exist on this system. Welcome any help Can't say enought good things about Partition Magic 5.0. An upgrade from earlier version is available inexpensively via download David ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Bouchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 6:37 PM Subject: Re: Setting up Debian > On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 03:51:54PM -0800, davidturetsky wrote: > > I'm a newbie to Debian, but an old computer hand... experiencing > > considerable difficulty in setting up a Debian Linux system on my DELL > > Pentium III 34gb drive I set up a 8gb partition using fdisk and > > formated the lower 24gb with MS format. Then I used Partition Magic > > 5.0 to set up a 1,000mb root partition, "/", a 2gb /usr partition and > > a 1gb swap partition. I used Partition Magic to format each partition > > (root: Linux ex2; usr: Linux ex2; Swap partition: swap) > > There is a rule that OS's must boot within the first 1024 cylinders of > the drive (I guess it's a BIOS limitation for PC style architecture). On > older computers like my P90, that mean the first 512mb, on newer ones > like your's I guess that is about 8gb. So having the lower 24gb as > windows won't work. > > You need to get that windows partition down to just below 8gb. You may > want to put a small /boot partition (like 10mb) next, a few gigs of > linux partitions, and then a big honking D: drive for windows. > > I don't have experience with partition magic. I guess it't pretty neat, > but I don't thing it will allow you to break the 1024 rule (I could be > wrong, I usually am...) > > And like someone else said 1gb of swap is an awful lot. The traditional > standard is 2x your RAM. > > -- > > Thank you, > Joe Bouchard > > Powered by Debian GNU/Linux
