Help- fdisking large IDEs for Win95/Debian
Having moved my Debian system from a 850Meg IDE to a 1.2 Gig IDE that
had been previously used for Win95 [I know, but I _have_ to use
Win95 for certain apps], it appears that the partition table is
really messed up.
Using LBA in the BIOS settings, Debian seems to be happy with it,
but DOS/Win95 doesn't report the sizes correctly. If I use Extended
CHS for the BIOS, DOS/WIn95 is happy but Debian is not.
I have to rebuild the Win95 installation anyway, and am willing to
re-do the Linux also if I can resolve this problem. The large-disk
HOTWO suggests using LBA for large disks. This may be fine for
Linux, but I am not convinced it is correct if one wants to put a
DOS partition on the Linux disk.
At this point I am beginning to think that for a 2-disk system, I
should make the first one Win95 exclusively, and make the second
one strictly a Linux disk (and use LBA on the Linux disk).
If anyone has successfuly done this I would like to hear the
details of your configuration.
BTW I am using Intel Zappa Motherboard W/AMI BIOS.
Thanks!
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