Re: my experiences
From: newsham@lava.net (Tim Newsham)
Subject: my experiences
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:25:04 -1000 (HST)
> (it didnt know about the fs, but thats ok), partition 4 was recognized
> as my linux partition (linux root), but my linux partition is really
> hda5 (first logical partition in the extended partition).
(hd0,4) == /dev/hda5. Read the GRUB manual.
> - is grub limited to the first 8gig of the drive?
For grub-0.5, yes. But grub-0.5.91 and later don't have such a
limitation.
> - is grub limited to using partitions 1-4? (and I was just
> lucky with hda5, since its start coincided with the start
> of my extended partition?)
No. You can use all of your partitions.
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