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DateTue, 7 Jan 1997 11:42:02 -0500
From(Wayne Johnston)
SubjectConfirmation requested
After trying in vain to get Linux running on my PC I have been advised that
it can't be done - at least, not if I want to maintain a DOS partition on
the same PC.  I've been told that the boot sector hack that allows DOS to
recognize a hard drive over 512 MB is incompatible with Linux.  Is there
really nothing I can do apart from investing in new hardware?

That's the basic question.  Here are some of the details...

I have my disk divided like this below.  I use hda4 as a minimal boot
partition for diagnosing problems with hda2.  There have been nothing but
problems.  I have installed Linux (Slackware) three times but it keeps
getting scrambled.

            Boot  Begin  Start   End   Blocks    ID  
  /dev/hda1   *      1      1    407   205096     6   Dos 16-bit >=32M
  /dev/hda2        408    408    814   205128    83   Linux native
  /dev/hda3        815    815    855    20664    82   Linux swap
  /dev/hda4        856    856   1024    85176    83   Linux native

My disk geometry is 1086 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors, 547 MB.

When my system boots, I see the following...

>>   SAMSUNG WideDisk BOOT DRIVER VERSION 1.01
>>   MASTER IDE DRIVE: SAMSUNG SHD-30560A (APRO-5) SSI

This, I've been told, is the root of my problem.


Wayne Johnston
311 College Street
Kingston ON  K7L 4M3
(613) 544-5851
waynej@kos.net


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