From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pony.its.uwo.ca ([129.100.2.63]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15yjeY-0008Rn-00 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 19:54:46 -0500 Received: from pony.its.uwo.ca (hurdle.its.uwo.ca [129.100.2.108]) by pony.its.uwo.ca (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id f9UCrAqQ013021 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 07:53:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from lnx1.holmesgrown.com (cpe-24-221-98-238.az.sprintbbd.net [24.221.98.238]) by pony.its.uwo.ca (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id f9UCr9gK013005 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 07:53:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (steve@localhost) by lnx1.holmesgrown.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA23570 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 05:39:54 -0700 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 05:39:53 -0700 (MST) From: Steve Holmes To: Subject: Re: Setting up a duel boot system? In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20011030040045.02e51a60@pop-server.roadrunner.nf.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: When they say "large partition", they mean FAT32 or what we call in the linux world, Vfat32. You really want that for your windows stuff. Linux uses its own partitions for swap and ext2 file system so there is no side effects from the MS activities. Just remember that "lba32" option in lilo or you may have problems getting linux to boot. The lba32 thing is for large drives. On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Doug Lawlor wrote: > 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? > > Thanks in advance, > Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >