Installing Linux on large (1 gig) IDE drive

[rodney at sabletech.com (Rodney Thayer)]

running umsdos is an option.

At 10:08 PM 2/12/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I understand that Linux's root partition has to boot from under the 1024 
>cylinder limit.  Knowing this, it seems as though I'll have to 
>repartition my harddrive.  Does DOS/Windows have to boot under the 1024 
>limit also, or can I put all of my DOS stuff on the other half of my IDE 
>drive, i.e. on the second 500 mg partition if my drive is split in two?
>
>I'd like to know how other Linux users make their large IDE drives 
>co-exist with Windows and LInux.  Any suggestions 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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