From: Jason <unleet@qwest.net>
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Setting up a duel boot system?
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 01:37:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <01103001374800.04520@lightstar> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011030040045.02e51a60@pop-server.roadrunner.nf.net>
Enabling large disk support has no negative effect on your linux installation.
When MS fdisk refers to other opertating systems they mean DOS, Win3.1,
NT3.51 etc...
> Hello list, Here is what I need to do. I have two drives here. One is a
> 20Gb/7200rpm and the second is a 40GB/5400 RPM. I want to set up Linux and
> Windows on the first drive and use my second for data storage. . When I
> use the windows Fdisk command to create the Windows partition I get asked
> If I want large disk support. Fdisk gives me a message stating something
> to the effect If I enable this no other operating system will be able to
> use the drive. I know that is not quite true but Fdisk also goes on to
> tell me if I disable large disk support Windows will only support
> partitions up to 2GB. Can I disable the large disk support and create a
> partition that's larger than two GB?
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
Doug Lawlor
` Jason [this message]
` Thomas Ward
` Steve Holmes
` Kirk Wood
` Doug Lawlor
` Drive dimensions (was dual boot) Kirk Wood
` Doug Lawlor
` Setting up a duel boot system? Rodney Clowdus
` Gregory Nowak
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