Re: Windows multiboot (aaargh!)

From: Robert Storey (y2kbug_at_ms25.hinet.net)
Date: 09/14/03

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    On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:23:47 +1200
    cr <cr@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

    > I thought DOS could only handle partitions of up to ~500MB (512?
    > 528?). I must be wrong, it happily formatted 600MB, at least for
    > partition 3.

    DOS (that is, FAT16) can handle partitions up to two gigabytes in size.
    And you can have four of them, so eight gigs can be used. But as I
    understand it, when you get to that size a lot of space gets wasted
    (very inefficient block size, or something like that).

    > But anyway, this is the revised scheme:
    > 1 Pri DOS 500MB Bootable DOS6.22
    > 2 Pri DOS 600MB W95
    > 3 Pri DOS 600MB W98
    > 4 Extended 5 DOS 500MB
    > 6 DOS 800MB

    FWIW, under Linux you'll have to live with the same fudge - three
    primary partitions maximum, and one extended partitions with numberous
    (I think 64 is the max) logical partitions. This is a limitation of the
    Intel architecture.

    > > > Or, could I just use Linux fdisk?

    You'll probably find cfdisk to be much easier to use.

    > Well, I've found that GRUB is extremely benign (once sorted). It
    > took me a

    Take a look at this excellent article if you want to install Grub:

    http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue85/4622.html

    regards,
    Robert 

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