On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 10:07:29PM -0800, Nick wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone have experience partitioning large Hardrives and making Lilo > happy? > > I don't know much about the 1024 cyclinder except that you need to install > root somewhere before it. > > How can I tell w/ my drive? Using a IBM Deskstar ATA/100 45 Gig > > I wanna make: > / > /usr > /home > /data maybe? > > How do I know when to use primary vs. logical?
To get around the 1024 thing put the line - lba32 in your /etc/lilo.conf file or use the -L option. # lilo -L As far as partitioning primary vs. logical I think you can have 2 or so primary and as many logical as you need. I may be wrong on that. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am. I don't think it matters that much. cfdisk or fdisk won't let you create more primary partitions than you are allowed anyway. I generally start with a / primary partition. hth, kent -- I'd really love ta wana help ya Flanders but... Homer Simpson
