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  From: C J M Turner <cjmturner@beoscentral.com>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:35:40 Set the time zone in the Time preference utility

Re: Multi-boot configuration

>I'm thinking I'll use the following layout:
>
>/dev/hda1 Primary   Linux Native   Linux, /etc, /root, /boot etc
>/dev/hda2 Primary   HPFS           OS/2 application code, (seen as c:)
>/dev/hda3 Primary   NTFS           NT application code, (seen as c:)
>/dev/hda4 Extended
>/dev/hda5           Linux Swap           Linux swap partition.
>/dev/hda6           HPFS           OS/2 swapper, temp & spool, (OS/2 
sees
>d:)
>/dev/hda7           HPFS           OS/2 data, (OS/2 sees e:)
>/dev/hda8           NTFS           NT swapper, temp & spool, (NT sees 
d:)
>/dev/hda9           NTFS           NT data, (NT sees e:)
>
>I'll need lilo to boot
>/dev/hda1 (Linux)
>/dev/hda2 (OS/2 Normal)
>/dev/hda3 (NT)
>/dev/hda6 (OS/2 Maint)

Hi. From my experiance, I don't think you'll get NT into this 
arrangement. I could be wrong. But NT is really fussy about 
partitioning. I've always found that you have to install it first, and 
that there can only be a 'normal' (DOS creatable) partitioning 
environment on the hdd when you do. You could do that by creating one 
primary partition and nothing else, installing NT on it, then using OS/
2 to partition the rest and then install everything else. Once its 
installed in this arrangement, NT should be happy, but I think getting 
it there can be a hassle. I set up a machine similar to this 6 months 
ago, and had just one primary with NT on it, and installed linux and OS
/2 on logical partitions (but I used NTs boot loader because it's 
prettier - pathetic excuse, I know)

  - C

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