Re: Linux/Win98 on Abit VT6X4

[David Ellement <ellement sdd hp com>]

On 000710, at 13:22:34, Jamin Collins wrote:
> If I'm following you correctly, you had a total of 4 partitions on the drive
> in the following order: Win98, /boot, (swap), and /.  Is this correct?  This
> is different from how I've installed Linux and Windows on the same drive.
> Personally, I suggest the following partition order: /boot, Win98, (swap),
> and /.

I tried two orders:

    /boot, win98, /, (swap)
    /boot, win98, (swap), /

neither made a difference.  And I also installed LILO 21.4.4, which
has support for , thereby removing the 1024 cylinder limit.  That
didn't make a difference, but then there's no reason it should have
since the boot areas were on low cylinders.

I also looked at formatted vs. unformatted Linux partitions.  With
Linux installed, with and without LILO, win98 won't boot at all: not
from the hard disk, not from a floppy, not from a CD.  I run Linux
fdisk and remove and recreate the Linux partitions, win98 will boot
from any of the three.  If I just create one Linux partition, the
initial one for /boot, after win98 boots I can run DOS fdisk; if I
create all three Linux partitions, after win98 boots I cannot run
DOS fdisk (it hangs).

-- 
David Ellement