Fwd: Partitioning H/disk & triple booting for RedHat Linux 7.0 , win98 and Win2000

Manish kochhal (kochhal_manish@hotmail.com)
Thu, 08 Feb 2001 08:47:08 -0000


>
>hi
>
>Linux Enthusiasts !
>
>I am a newbie to RedHat Linux and the partitioning stuff...
>
>I have an AMD Athlon 1.2 Ghz processor with an IBM deskstar 45 GB h/disk
>
>the system already came with Windows 98 and then I installed Windows 2000
>and Red hat Linux 7.0
>
>However I am not able to boot linux with triple boot...I think I havent
>partitioned the h/disk properly...For Booting into Linux using the NT
>bootloader I modified the boot.ini file and added an entry for linux to
>point to a file which I got from the linux console by typing
>
>dd if=/dev/hda3 bs=512 count=1 of=/root/linux.bin
>mcopy /root/linux.bin a:.
>
>However, it didnt work...I think that there are some strict requirements
>with the /boot partition and 1024 cylinder boundary of the Windows
>
>I am not aware of it fully...Can u help me with that ?
>
>Moreover, please can u suggest how I should partition my entire Hard-disk
>I actually intend to partition the h/disk like this:
>
>20 GB to Win98
>
>13 GB to Win2000
>
>10 GB to Linux...
>
>Your Suggestions are very much needed...
>
>Thanks,
>Manish
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>
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