From: graves@jemez.eece.unm.edu (John Graves) Subject: Linux in Ext. Partitions... Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1992 22:00:30 GMT
Newsgroups: commp.os.linux
Subject: FYI - DRDOS SSTOR and LINUX and Ext. Partitions
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For those thinking about installing Linux...
I have a 386-40 with a 130 meg HD.8meg etc... I had the disk partitioned
10meg C: for COMMAND.COM, AUTOEXEC etc and Windows 3.1 Temp file and
a 120 meg D: that uses DRDOS SSTOR compression. So... When I wanted to install
Linux, I wanted a 10 meg C:, 80 meg D:, and 40 meg Linux... All the inst. stuff
tells about 2 part. but not 3...
I saved everthing... :)
Then... I used DOS fdisk to make a 10meg primary and a 120 meg ext. partition.
I then split the ext. part. to a 80 meg D: and 40 meg E:
I booted up Linux and ran fdisk. It shoes hda3 as 10meg... hda4 as 120 meg
with a big (don't use) after it. Then a hda5 as 80 meg and hda6 as 40 meg...
hmmm... hda6 also said "don't use"....
I used it anyway ;)
I did mkfs /dev/hda6 and continued with the install. (no problems)
I made a boot disk using "06 03" at ?? offset.
Everything works fine... I installed GCC and X.. No problems...
I guess I'm helping with the "Testing" :) I saw somewhere that Linux could
use ext. part. but it was untested... Well... It works for me...
LINUX is Great!!!
-John