Help with formatting Western Digital Drive for Linux

vcocco vcocco at acad.suffolk.edu
Mon Mar 11 15:56:20 EST 1996


Hello Folks,

I'm about to reformat my 1gb drive and will reinstall Windows95 and also 
add Linux. I realize that Linux, like DOS, needs to boot below cylinder 
#1024 on my drive.

Is there a way of finding out what cylinder number I'm at when I go to 
set my partition sizes so I know that I've got Linux below the 1024 limit?

Some specifics about my drive:

Cavier AC3100	2100 cyliners,  16 Heads, 63 Sectors, LZ=0.  No write precomp.

Any help would be most appreciated.


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Vincent Cocco
Suffolk University     email:  cocco at misty.suffolk.edu
Boston, MA 02108         fax:  617-573-8703
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