[ltp] Triple boot on 770z 14.1GB

[Robert A. Munro]

Win98 _demands_ to "own" the drive and load on the first partition, in my
experience.  Of course you can use other partitioning software to add partitions
(PartitionMagic by PowerQuest is good).  Linux is happy in Logical partitions.

Robert Munro


James Hawtin wrote:

> Depending How you setup your computer you may have problem with booting only
> being able to address the first 8 GB of the hard disk
>
> I am not sure, how much of an NT disk needs to be addressable through the bios
> for booting... (answers anyone).
>
> Somethign like this would work though
>
> Partion one 256M linux root
> Partion two 2 gb for win98?
> Partion Three slightly less than 8 gb NT ?
> extended partion
> The reset of the linux File Systems
>
> This system would then all work under lilo
>
> If you don't mind your NT disk being split in two you could allocation more
> to win98 and put a second NT partition in the extended one...
>
> James.