RE: New Debian user needs help: Problems about partitioning, booting from harddisk, etc.
PMJI -- but my install prints out LI on reboot. I'm reinstalling just for
the heck of it -- but any thoughts would be appreciated
Hank
-----Original Message-----
From: Jens Ch. Lisner [mailto:jenne@unidui.uni-duisburg.de]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 1998 11:15 AM
To: Huang Yan
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: New Debian user needs help: Problems about partitioning,
booting from harddisk, etc.
On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Huang Yan wrote:
> I've just downloaded and installed Debian, the following problems were
encountered:
>
> 1. My PC have 2 harddisks and 1 CD-ROM:
> Primary IDE Master: 4.3G (hda), LBA MODE
> Primary IDE Slave: NONE
> Secondary IDE Master: SONY CD-ROM(CDU611)
> Secondary IDE Slave: 2.1G (hdd), LBA MODE
>
> I installed Windows95 osr2 on hda first and then installed Debian on hdd
from
>
...
What happens if you try to boot Linux? Does LILO prints out a message
(like LI or such)? Have you tried to set your CMOS setup to AUTO MODE?
> 2. What's the difference between primary partition and logical partition
in
> Linux? Which should I select when I partition my harddisk for Debian?
>
>
It has the same meaning as in Mess-Dos. A primary partition can be divided
into several logical partitions. Thats why there can only be 4 primary
partitions.
Jens
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