[Sheflug] More partitioning

[Barrie Bremner <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "James" == James Salt <jamessalt [at] uksheffield.fsnet.co.uk> writes:

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    James> Well I have decided to use partition magic to partition may
    James> HD into two, but I have a few questions about the
    James> partitions 

    James> 1) What file format do i use?

File formats are irrelevant at this level - it's disk
formats/partition types.

For a Windows partition, you'll need to figure that out yourself,
depending on which version of Windows you're running.

It's likely to be one of FAT32 or NTFS (I think NTFS covers Win2k's
NTFS 5, but don't quote me on that). 

For Linux, swap will be type 82, Linux swap and the data partitions
need to be type 83, Linux - regardless whether you're using ext2, ext3
or reiserfs.

    James> 2)When i install mandrake on to the second partition, will
    James> it install a boot manager, or will i have to make a 20mb
    James> partition in the first 1024cluster and put something like
    James> LILO in there?

LILO either goes in the master boot record (normal) or into the start
of one of the partitions, IIRC.
LILO is the boot manager.

The only problem LILO has is if /boot is not within the first 1024
cylinders it tended to barf.
I have a suspicion that this applied only to older versions of LILO.

If you can, stick Windows at the end of the disk, and Linux at the
start to be sure, or use a better loader such as GRUB.

Cheers.

Baz.

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