RE: Installation help

[Ashish_Nabira <Ashish_Nabira Satyam com>]

Hi Andy;

I have faced same problem while installation of linux with win2000 server.
What i did is made 2.5 gb fat32 partition for win2000. then i loaded 2000.
after that I loaded linux 7.2 in 5 gb with linux cd with LILO boot.

After completing linux then I utilized free space with the help of disk
manager in 2000. It si going perfectly well. Again to add if linux
installation goes beyond 1024 cylinder, it will give u some cylinder error
and linux won't run properly.

Hope others will find this useful.....

Regards; 
Ashish Nabira 
Satyam Computers Services Ltd 
23 & 24, Chamiers Towers, Chamiers Rd, Teynampet, 
Chennai-18 
Ph   : 4314500 ext-7627 
" Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."


-----Original Message-----
From: andy7308 comcast net [mailto:andy7308 comcast net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 8:07 AM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: Re: Installation help


Jon,
    Thanks for the information. I will certainly give that a try. Could you
expand on what you mean when you said "Then all you have to do is point grub
to the other partitions and you should be set." How do I point grub to the
other partitions?

Gary Anderson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Adam" <jonadam knowhownet net>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: Installation help


> Gary,
>
> I would suggest using the other disk partitioning software with the redhat
> installer.  Fdisk is very hard to use, and Disk Druid is very simple and
> powerful.  It shows you your other partitions and allows you to take the
> check mark away from the partitions you don't want messed with.  Then all
> you have to do is point grub to the other partitions and you should be
> set.
>
> Jon
>
> On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 andy7308 comcast net wrote:
>
> > I am resubmitting this because I had not previously posted it a
members-only list and I was a non-member. I have since signed up.
> >
> > I have loaded a spare machine with Win2000. I partitioned the disk
during install as C is Fat 32 - 500 Mb, D is NTFS - 5 Gb, E is NTFS - 1.5
Gb. I left the rest unformatted. The machine has a 20 Gb hard drive, CDROM
and floppy with 128Mb of Ram and 1 Ghz CPU. I want to install RedHat 7.2,
which I downloaded and burned the isos to CDs, on part of the remaining free
space (5 Gb for Linux and 2 Gb for Linus swap) and another operating system
on the remainder. When I installed RedHat 7.2 I entered text at the boot
prompt and went through the installation environment questions. I selected
custom install, fdisk and edit. This is where things because less clear. The
install process finished but when I rebooted the system came up with an
error - Win2000 kernel file corrupted. I have went through the install
process twice and both times ended up with the same error and I had to
reload. Currently the machine is configured as described in the first
sentence and does not have any othe!
> r OS on it. Could you offer some advise and possibly a step-by-step to get
me through this.
> >
> > I appreciate any suggestions, help or possible links you can provide.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Gary Anderson
> >
>
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