Dual boot question (W2K and Linux)

[Derek Atkins]

I was under the impression that 'modern' lilo didn't have the 1024
cylinder problem.  Also, note that "/boot" can be in hda2.  How
big a W2k partition do you really want/need?  Do you really _WANT_
more than 8G for winbloze? ;)

-derek

"Chuck Young" <chy at genuity.com> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm in a jam and would like to know if I can boot a W2K O/S from a small IDE
> ext2fs root partition in (/dev/hda1).  I know it will work for Linux, but
> not sure about W2K.  I think W2k will complain in the install about going in
> /dev/hda2 without a windows partition in hda1.  All my web searches show win
> at hda1 booting linux.  The object is to not have to use a floppy to boot
> Linux with vmware on a large (30G) drive where the root partitoin is above
> the translated 1024 cyl.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> ----------------------
> Chuck Young
> Internet Systems Engineer
> E-Services Consulting
> Genuity Solutions
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