Scroll down to see it i said e: by mistake when i meant h: >Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 10:15:43 -0800 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Dan Cyr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: RH5.0 and Win95 > > >Ok. here we go...... > >/dev/hda <-- primary hard drive "First IDE channel" >/dev/hda1 <-- primary hard drive primary partition >/dev/hda2 <-- primary hard drive extended partition. >/dev/hda5 <-- primary partition first logical partition >/dev/hda6 <-- primary partition second logical partition >etc...... > >/dev/hdb <-- secondary hard drive "First IDE channel" >/dev/hdb1 <-- secondary hard drive primary partition >etc....same as above > >/dev/hdc <-- primary hard drive "Secondary IDE channel" >etc.... > >/dev/hdd <-- secondary hard drive "Secondary IDE channel" > >Remember that in Dos, there 'can' be only 1 primary partiton per hard drive....Well, linux doesn't care about that. > >/dev/sda <-- First SCSI hard drive >same goes for the partitions..... > >/dev/sdb <-- You guessed it --Second SCSI hard drive >etc.... > > >## example ## I take NO responsibility for what happens to your computer. >SO, say you have two IDE hard drives with 1 physical partition, and an extended partition that has 3 logical partitions in it. Both hard drives being partitioned the same, and both on the first IDE channel. > >So for clarification we have..... > >/dev/hda <-- master hard drive >/dev/hda1 <-- win95 main partition c: drive >/dev/hda2 <-- extended partition >/dev/hda5 <-- 1st logical hard drive e: drive >/dev/hda6 <-- 2nd logical hard drive f: drive >/dev/hda7 <-- 3rd logical hard drive g: drive > >/dev/hdb <-- slave hard drive >/dev/hdb1 <-- primary partition d: drive >/dev/hdb2 <-- extended partition >/dev/hdb5 <-- 1st logical hard drive h: drive >/dev/hdb6 <-- 2nd logical hard drive i: drive >/dev/hdb7 <-- 3rd logical hard drive j: drive > > >Now. Say for starters you want linux at the end of your second hard drive. >Copy all the stuff off of h: i: and j: drives to c: d: e: f: or g: >make sure there is nothing in h: i: or j: > >During the Redhat 5.0 install you will come to the partition menu. I'll be using 'fdisk' as my example as that is what i am used to using. > RIGHT BELOW HERE!!!!! it should read h: NOT e: >NOTE: At this point there better "NOT" be "anything" that you want to keep on e: i: or j: If there is you "have" been warned!! > >Choose /dev/hdb and then 'tab' to 'edit' >p prints your partition table to your screen and you will see something like the following. > >NOTE: I use SCSI, but i have 1 IDE hard drive (40 meg) for using loadlin to get sound support.....thats a whole other story though. =) > >Disk /dev/hda: 5 heads, 17 sectors, 965 cylinders >Units = cylinders of 85 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System >/dev/hda1 * 1 1 964 40961+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M > > >Yours would look more like this.... Obviouly not though ;) > >Disk /dev/hdb: 5 heads, 17 sectors, 965 cylinders >Units = cylinders of 85 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System >/dev/hdb1 * 1 1 964 40961+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M >/dev/hdb2 * 1 1 964 40961+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M ></dev/hdb5> * 1 1 964 40961+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M ></dev/hdb6> * 1 1 964 40961+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M ></dev/hdb7> * 1 1 964 40961+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M > > >Then simply delete your j: drive >d >7 >then i: drive >d >6 >then h: drive >d >5 >Now delete your extneded partion. >d >2 > >NOW to make your 'swap' partition. As a general rule make your spaw partition twice the size of your physical RAM. >So, if you have 32 megs of RAm then your swpa partition would be 64 megs. > >n >p >2 >enter the first available cylinder number here >+64M > >NOW to change it to 'type' swap >t >2 >82 > >NOW make the 'linux native' partition >n >p >3 >enter the first available cylinder number here >enter the last available cylinder here > >NOW to check that all is right type p to print your partition table to your screen. >It should look somewhat like this... > >Disk /dev/hdb: 5 heads, 17 sectors, 965 cylinders >Units = cylinders of 85 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System >/dev/hdb1 * 1 1 964 40961+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M >/dev/hdb2 * 1 1 964 64+ 83 linux swap >/dev/hdb3 * 1 1 964 ???? + 82 linus native > > >When your sure you have done everything the right way type w to write out the partition table and quit fdisk. You will then be returned to the Redhat 5/0 install. > >Make sure you type m to see all the fdisk options so you understand the commands i am using here. > >Hope this helps. And BE CAREFUL! > >Dan -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
