Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 7 Jan 1997 11:42:02 -0500 | From | (Wayne Johnston) | Subject | Confirmation requested |
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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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