Hi, On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 08:22:38AM -0500, postid wrote: > I'm preparing to install Debian Lenny on an IBM R40 laptop. My > old layout was as follows: > > hda1=primary=WinXP > hda2=primary=Debian Sarge > hda3=primary=swap > hda4=primary=Knoppix
I see so far. > (There's also a hidden partition with WinXP recovery stuff at the > end of the drive. I'm going to leave that designated by the BIOS > as hidden.) This is not makinhg sense. Where is this "hidden partition". In order to have more than 5 partitions, you need to use "extended". > I've wiped the partitions and reinstalled WinXP on > hda1. I'll again use Partition Magic under WinXP (or a parted > magic live CD) to create a new layout: > > hda1=primary=6GB=WinXP > > hda2=primary=10GB=Debian Lenny / > > hda3=primary=12GB= /home This is one possibility. Having all / in hda2 (including /home) is possible. This is just preference issue which installer took choice for you. > hda4=extended=7GB > > hda5=logical=1GB=swap > > hda6=logical=3GB=Test distro (Slax, Slitaz, Knoppix, etc.) > > hda7=logical=3GB=Test distro (Slax, Slitaz, Knoppix, etc.) > > In order to get WinXP to boot during the reinstall, I did > an "install-mbr /hda." After installing Lenny, should I install > Grub on the mbr or should I locate it somewhere else (for > example, at the beginning of hda2)? You are using MBR(Niels's one from Debian), I guess. If so, "/dev/hda". I think. (I am not quite sure what you wish to do and I am not 100% sure how XP behavs.) Then Grub need to be installed in /dev/hda2 (I am not saying installing Grub in "/dev/hda" kills system. It should do well too.) See http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch03.en.html Osami -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
