[aclug-L] Re: fdisk Help

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The generally recommended method is to create the Linux partition from 
in Linux and the DOS/Windows partitions from that operating system.
As a general rule, DOS/Windows are  a lot more picky about the
partition type than Linux, and getting it all right can be tough.

Regarding LILO, you simply need to set up /etc/lilo.conf as
appropriate and then run the lilo command.

"Bob Bonfield" <augur@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I'm having problems getting fdisk set up correctly.  What I'm trying to do
> is reformat a second hard drive of mine because it got corrupt for some
> reason.  This hard drive had Windows 98 loaded onto it and I duel booted the
> two OSs.  Now, I'm having problems remembering how to get a Windows drive
> configured in linux.  When I installed linux, the windows drive was already
> setup so I didn't have to bother with fdisk.  So, can some one help me out
> on how to use fdisk to properly configure a Windows 98 file system along
> with how to get lilo to recognize that I have a boot disk to install from?
> Thanks a bunch.
> 
> 
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> Bob Bonifield
> Email:  augur@xxxxxxxxxxx
> URL:  http://lan.quakecity.net/
> 
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> 

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John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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