[99409] in RedHat Linux List
Re: A newbie question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David E. Fox)
Sat Nov 14 01:51:21 1998
From: "David E. Fox" <dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 22:48:39 -0800 (PST)
Cc: bettyj@compusmart.ab.ca
Reply-To: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com
In-Reply-To: <364D22A9.2C157B15@compusmart.ab.ca> from "Betty" at Nov 13, 98 11:26:49 pm
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> tell when I install
> Linux onto a partition of my hard drive it can be a DOS formatted
> partition.
> Is this right?
Well, yes. On the other hand, Linux typically uses a file system
that is completely different than DOS. There is a way you can
install Linux into part of a DOS filesystem (it's called UMSDOS)
but you really should avoid it as it is slow, and any advantages
potentially realized by using the native Linux filesystem (called
ext2) would be moot.
> partitioned or formatted, it must be left free by fdisk and allow the
> Novell install program to do all the partitioning and formatting. Please
You should probably then just make this part unallocated, and put it
towards the end of the disk rather than in the middle as you show. You
should though at least allow a maximum percentage of the disk that
it should be allowed to use. Putting it at the end would tell it that
it could use the last N cylinders.
> Part 3 will be for my Linux installation which I am hoping to install
> RedHat 5.2, but have not received the CD yet. I also want to put in an
> X-Windows Manager and make this a Novell Client.
I don't think Novell can understand Linux. On the other hand, Linux
can understand Novell. I doubt that what you want could be
accomplished on a single machine though.
But you can go ahead and fdisk it for now, or better, just wait until
the CD arrives and let Linux handle the partitioning and initial
making of the filesystem.
You'll also want another partition for swap space for Linux. This
could be anything - recommend 64-128 megs personally since you
seem to have the space for it... depending on how much RAM you
have.
> Otherwise I do not know how I will differentiate between the portion I
> need to leave unformatted for Novell Netware and the partition I want
> for Linux. I understand that Linux cannot be on the slave drive. I was
The disk partitioning tool that the newer versions of Redhat Linux
have (it's called disk druid) has a 'grow' mode that you might be
able to use for something like this.
Linux can use any drive you have -- it doesn't care about master
or slave issues. The only real caveat is that the portion that
boots the OS needs to be contained within the first 1023 cylinders
of its drive.
> going to do this originally and put the Linux on my other hard drive
> (the 2.1 gig one)
That might be easier, actually.
> If I do have to fdisk and format it a little differently so Linux will
> recognize this is there a special utility for this? If so, I will need
Let the install process handle this.
> to find this utility as I do not have my Linux CD yet. Since I do not
> expect it until December, I do not want to wait that long to install
December??? Where is it coming from?
> Betty
> --
> E-mail: bettyj@compusmart.ab.ca
> ICQ: 4061333
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