Re: Huge hard disk...how to partition
Ray wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 07:03:27AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote:
> >
> > My idea was to partition as follows:
> >
> > #1 ext2 /boot containing only the boot image ~ 100mb
> > #2 ntfs or vfat 4-5gb for windows
> > #3 swap (128 -256mb) does 2.X support max swap size > 128mb now?
> > #4 ext2 / rest of the disk (mount entire system here after image loads,
> > then mount /boot)
>
> You may find that with a new motherboard (possibly with a bios upgrade if
> its been on the shelf a while) you don't have to worry about the 1024
> cylinder limit. Otherwise I've also seen some (many) recent motherboards
> that put that limit at around the 8GB point so putting your boot image
> first might not be necessary.
I believe LILO still requires the image to be < 1024. Even if it doesn't
though, it's nice to have your /boot isolated on a small partition.
It's saved me twice in as many months.
Bryan
>
> As someone else mentioned, have a look at vmware.
>
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> Ray
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