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Funny, that's what the PM docs for "Installing a second OS" said too. So I'll create a couple ext partitions (512 MB swap + remainder primary) in a logical partition & just assign them in the RH installer. Thanks for the suggestions. Drew At 03:26 PM 6/29/2002 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >LILO also no longer has the 104 cyl restriction. >Normally, when splitting an existing Windows partition, after shrinking it, >I either leave the remaining space available and let the Linux partitioner >do it, or I create a swap and native partition with partition magic. I >usually set my Linux partitions up as logical partitions, not primary. >Then, when installing, I bypass the Linux partitioner and simply assign the >mount points and tell installer to format. (I never liked Red Hat's disk >druid. I always went directly to fdisk). >Derek Atkins wrote: > > With RH7.3 and Grub you do not need a primary partition before > > cyl 1024... That's an old bug and is no longer relevant. > > > > Did you use PM to unparitition, or is the end-data partitioned in some > > funky manner? What error does Disk Druid give you? >- -- >Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> >Boston Linux and Unix user group >http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 >PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Exmh version 2.5 12/25/2001 > >iD8DBQE9Hgn7+wA+1cUGHqkRAiJ2AJ44QK1wvzvo97z6+hzlKPVkfYydxwCfQO/d >NuKtqmk1WgroqZxoOJJsoY8= >=gDuK >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Discuss mailing list >Discuss at blu.org >http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ====================================================================== Drew Taylor | Freelance web development using http://www.drewtaylor.com/ | perl/mod_perl/MySQL/postgresql/DBI mailto:drew at drewtaylor.com | Email jobs at drewtaylor.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Netflix: Unlimited DVD rentals with NO LATE FEES for $19.95/mo. http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=27276611&siteid=39734327&bfpage=special ======================================================================
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