a few things

[Holmes, Steve]

Sounds like an interesting configuration indeed.  I thought a number of the
linux directories such as /usr, bin, etc should be all in the same partition
as utilities would be needed from there in order to complete mounting of the
other partitions.  I am thinking more in the lines of creating a little 10
to 20 meg linux partition to only contain stuff necessary for booting (like
a lilo boot disk) and then have a root=/dev/hda2 or whatever and that
partition could contain the rest - my complete root file system.  I think I
will give this a try tonight; hey, what have I got to lose but some data I
just recently installed:).

-----Original Message-----
From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at afb.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 12:25 PM
To: 'speakup at braille.uwo.ca'
Subject: RE: a few things


I would think that partitioning can solve this. Simply create a small 
partition at the beginning of the disk for /. I should think 250 Mb would 
be plenty. The rest can go elsewhere.

Here's how my IBM Thinkpad is configured:

hda1 linux 250 Mb
hda2 linux hibernation-partition
hda3 FAT Windows98 about 1.7 Gb
hda5 linux /home about 8 Gb
hda6 linux /usr about 2.7 Gb
hda7 linux-swap about 127 Mb
hda8 FAT 2 Gb
hda9 FAT about 2Gb
hda10 FAT about 2Gb

 On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Holmes, 
Steve 
wrote:

> I have got a machine at home where two IDE drives are involved.  The 40
> megger I have in there boots fine, the original 425 megger boots OK in
there
> when I had it installed, but the 2.5 gigger does not!  Lilo hangs after
> putting 3 or four characters on the screen.  That's why I tried booting
with
> the 40 meg drive and hung the 2.5 gig on /dev/hdc; that process worked
fine
> til I tried using 2.4 kernel.  Now I get "interrupt lost" over and over.
I
> may consider repartitioning the 2.5 gig drive and see what happens there.
> The ide.txt file suggested issues possibly with jumper settings.  I messed
> around with jumper settings for several hours last night and came up with
no
> new answers at all!  The sooner I can get away from those jumpers, the
much
> better off I'll be <sigh>.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Buddy Brannan [mailto:davros at ycardz.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:25 AM
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: a few things
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't think the hard disk size is the problem. Lilo has worked
> around that issue by now, I believe.
> 
> However, here's a thought. At least, it happened to me once. Check
> your motherboard's CMOS settings. If you have a virus detection in
> your CMOS (built-in, not software like Mcafee), disable it, because it
> thinks lilo is a boot sector virus. Confused the hell out of me!
> Anyway, once that's done...well...that should help. BTW, lilo should
> work fine...I know nothing about grub.
> 

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