>> but additionally this partition must be >>contained within the first
2gb of the
hard disk.
Since Windows 98 uses FAT32, its partition should be able to be greater
than 2 GB,
right?
>
>
>
> "doe, john" wrote:
>
> > I was reading the ``Linux-DOS-Win95-OS2'' mini-HOWTO and he was saying it is
> > possible to have Primary paritions for DOS, Windows and Linux. I wanted to
> > create three primary partitions and one extended partition so that I could run
> > Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Linux or maybe two versions of Linux and Windows
> > 2000. So, Linux doesn't have to be (but can be) installed on a primary
> > partition? If LILO only can boot between two OSes, then will another boot
> > manager like System Commander or the one that comes with Partition magic will
> > be needed?
> >
> > ">ChrisColeman@mail.clayton.edu wrote:
> >
> > > When using fdisk, the system returns the entire size of the drive by
> > > default. Use the backspace key to delete the number and enter a size for the
> > > windows paritition. If the drive is 4gig in size, entire 2048 to create a
> > > 2gig partition for Windows. The rest will be available to Linux during the
> > > Linux installation. Install Windows first, linux last.
> > >
> > > Chris Coleman
> > > Clayton College and State University
> > > email: ">ChrisColeman@mail.clayton.edu
> > > (770) 960-4282
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: doe, john [SMTP:">carroll300@earthlink.net]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 7:49 PM
> > > > To: ale
> > > > Subject: [ale] Partition
> > > >
> > > > I just got a laptop that has Windows 2000. The problem is they didn't
> > > > give me a Windows 2000 cd, but just a recovery cd that will not boot
> > > > Windows 2000, it just restores. I want to repartition the hard drive and
> > > >
> > > > install Linux and Windows 2000. I do have a Windows 98 cd, but when I
> > > > boot from it and start fdisk, it will only let me create one Primary
> > > > partition. How do I partition this drive to allow dual boot for Windows
> > > > 2000 and Linux?
> > > >
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