on Tuesday, December 10, 2002 12:58 PM, NuTTeR wrote
Hi, Ive just got a new computer with win 2000 installed. Its also got alot of specialist software and device drivers(not avalible for linux) so im keeping it(i also like it its the only version of windows i can say that about).
So my problem is that i dont want to re-install windows 2000 on a smaller partition unless i have REALY have to. If there were a version of fips or somthing similare then id maybe resize it so i could fit a smallish "/boot" partision. The boot partition needs to be in the first 8 Gig if i remember correctly or is that just older computers/drives? I do have a spare hd lying around not doing much but i seem to remember theres a problem getting linux to boot fromt he second ide controller, am i wrong?
Also is there anyproblems booting win2000 with lilo? Same as win98 right?
Ah! snap been going round this loop myself on and off over the past few months.
I think that you're right about not needing a /boot partition with newer large drives but I've always set my distro's up with one to be on the safe side.
Quick answers
a) yes, W2K boots fine with lilo, I let Debian generate the lilo.conf entry for me and it works fine.
b) having problems myself getting lilo to boot from the 2nd IDE
I'd assumed that (b) was down to my lack of expertise with lilo! :o( be interested to know if there's a known problem (must admit I haven't even looked in the docs).
At present I'm using a proprietary boot manager installed in the 1st IDE MBR, which works fine. I suppose I could replace this with lilo but it's a bit of a security blanket for me at the moment so I'm reluctant to do that.
Had though of having a play around with grub to see if that might be more suitable, anyone got any strong opinions one way or the other?
Regards,
Keith ____________ Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. Zen Saying