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Re: Switch from Gnome to KDE - Turbolinux 6
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 03:59:13 GMT
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 23:05:41 GMT, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller)
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> Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
> > I'm doing partitions for each system (was going to do 4 gig, think it
> > might be better to do 2 gig since I'm going to have at least 3-4 on
> > here and I'm not sure they'll all be bootable otherwise). Will I run
> > into any problems if I set them up like this:
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> [scheme snipped]
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> Yes, you will run into problems that way. Lilo can only boot kernels in the
> first 1024 cylinders of a drive. (This is the BIOS's fault, not Lilo's.) On
> most IDE drives, that's around 500MB. I usually set up workstations like
> this:
Hrmmm.... not sure how much 1024 cylinders would be on this drive.
Gotta be more than 500mb, though, because the initial primary
partition that Windows ME is living on is a gig.
I guess I could have multiple tiny /boot partitions for each distro...
Starting to sound like more work than it is worth. I like that
TurboLinux gave me a choice of kernels, including one optimized for
PII/III SMP. I assume that means it should be running faster than a
standard i386 kernel.
Gonna put an old 6 gig drive in my test machine (K62-233) tonight and
put Mandrake on it. I figure I'll limit my dual celeron system to one
distro anyway, since I want to use it to run vmware and multiple
Win2k/WinNT setups. Maybe even Netware. ;)
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| (...) I'm not sure how MSWin deals with this.... not my field. :) But a key point in the linux world is: the bit that as to be within the first 1024 cylinders is the beginning of the kernel. That means that if your kernel is on a partition that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Switch from Gnome to KDE - Turbolinux 6
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| (...) [scheme snipped] Yes, you will run into problems that way. Lilo can only boot kernels in the first 1024 cylinders of a drive. (This is the BIOS's fault, not Lilo's.) On most IDE drives, that's around 500MB. I usually set up workstations like (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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