Re: IDE disk geometry

2000-10-08 Thread Alex Sofronie
IL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 2:56 PM Subject: Re: IDE disk geometry > > > > Alex Sofronie wrote: > > > geometry. Also, you must have the swap partition in the first 1024 cyls > > > ENTIRELLY. On my system, RHLinux 62 reported something like < >

Re: IDE disk geometry

2000-10-07 Thread jfm2
> > Alex Sofronie wrote: > > geometry. Also, you must have the swap partition in the first 1024 cyls > > ENTIRELLY. On my system, RHLinux 62 reported something like < > could not...>> . > > I have several systems with the entire swap space well after cyl 1024 > and have had no problems. The aut

Re: IDE disk geometry

2000-10-05 Thread Fred W. Noltie Jr.
> These days, I set up a 24-32MB /boot partition when needed to make sure > the kernel is located within the first 1024 cyls. I allow more space in > /boot for SMP systems or systems which need special drivers where I > would tend to have multiple kernel versions that I want to boot. I have > e

Re: IDE disk geometry

2000-10-05 Thread Jonathan F. Dill
Alex Sofronie wrote: > geometry. Also, you must have the swap partition in the first 1024 cyls > ENTIRELLY. On my system, RHLinux 62 reported something like < could not...>> . I have several systems with the entire swap space well after cyl 1024 and have had no problems. The auto partitioning in

Re: IDE disk geometry

2000-10-05 Thread Alex Sofronie
eate/move/resize partition program like this most powerful PQMagic for DOS? - Original Message - From: Sangeeta Huria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 12:08 PM Subject: IDE disk geometry > Hi All, > > I have an IDE hard disk of ca

RE: IDE disk geometry

2000-10-05 Thread Freivald, Joseph A, GOVMK
age- > From: Sangeeta Huria [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 3:09 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: IDE disk geometry > > Hi All, > > I have an IDE hard disk of capacity 17 GB with two partitions. One > partition > of

Re: IDE disk geometry

2000-10-05 Thread eagle
hello as far as i know i too face some problem while installing linux in my 13 gig hard disk in the last 2 gig of my hard disk. Some one suggested me that it would be better if you would install the linux in the first 8 gig of your hard disk or else you will have to change certain settings in the

IDE disk geometry

2000-10-05 Thread Sangeeta Huria
Hi All, I have an IDE hard disk of capacity 17 GB with two partitions. One partition of capacity 8GB has Windows installed on it. I am trying to install Linux on the other partition. But, the disk geometry(no. of tracks, cylinders and sectors) reported by BIOS does not match the disk geometry re