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Re: kernel sound
>>>>> BH == Bernard Harper <bernard [at] norfolkpark.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
BH> The problem arises when like me, you have a 13.6gb drive
BH> partitioned as 6.2gb for Windowz, a 3.2gb as a fat 32 drive
BH> and then use the rest for Linux. Believe me Linux will not
BH> install as it come up against the 1024 cylinder thingy.
Of course _GNU/Linux_ will install. If it doesn't, that is a very
serious bug in the distribution. What can't handle the 1024 cylinder
thingy is the PC BIOS (which is why MS OSes always trash your
MBR---MS assumes it owns your whole system, and doesn't care what
might have gone before) and therefore LILO. There are several
alternatives (raw boot disk, syslinux boot disk, install/rescue disk,
network boot, LOADLIN from DOS/Windose).
Some of these are trivial but implemented by few distributions
(syslinux, LOADLIN, install/rescue disk), some are implemented by most
distributions (raw boot disk), some require serious skills to get
right (network booting).
The point, as somebody put it, is choice. With Linux, you have the
choice to install it in such a way as to preserve the existing
configuration NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. With UMSDOS, you can even install
over an MS filesystem, no partitions needed. With MS, you don't.
That courtesy costs a bit in terms of ease of use. But I consider it
far more user friendly (in the total cost of operation sense) than
Windows 95, which often would trash your MBR and fiddle with your
Linux partitions on the fortnightly sanity reinstall.
Of course, courtesy is not much practiced in the modern world, which
is one reason why people often bitch about Linux---they don't realize
just how much they're getting in return for very little extra effort.
Its attempt to coexist with other systems and to offer the user choice
goes sadly unappreciated.
If you don't need that, of course, don't hesitate to use a different
system.
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