On 5 Dec 2002, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 01:58, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> [snip]
> > Now the problem. We install Linux and W2k on a Dell machine. The Linux
> > runs. Now we boot the W2k. W2k has a disk manager program which allows
> > you to see what W2k thinks about the structure
I don't know if it is related but about a year ago I had to replace my
Dell 4100 hard drive. When that was done, the technician formated the
disk for win2000. In a previously triple boot setup (dos, win2000, and
Linux) I first installed the win2000, reduce the size and moved it to
allow dos and a
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 01:58, Aaron Konstam wrote:
[snip]
> Now the problem. We install Linux and W2k on a Dell machine. The Linux
> runs. Now we boot the W2k. W2k has a disk manager program which allows
> you to see what W2k thinks about the structure of the disk, When the
> program is run it tells
There is a quick fix to this. Flatten your Hard Drive, Install the
windows 2K first, but make sure you leave enough unpartitioned space for
a linux install. Then once you have installed 2k, pop in the linux
disks, make sure to use GRUB and I can almost promise you that it will
work perfect.
Chr
I will describe the problem but first a question. We know that the first
sector on the first disk is the MBR is found a boot loader and the
partition table. One assumes that that the OS starts in cylinder 1. What
is stored in the rest of the cylinder 0 other than the MBR?
Now the problem. We insta
