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Re: [Sheflug] More partitioning

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From: Craig Andrews <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:48:35 +0100
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On Saturday 27 April 2002 4:24 pm, you wrote:
> 1) What file format do i use?

As long as the partition is there, you can change the type and filesystem 
during installation. Default is ext3 for Mandrake.

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

The version of LILO and GRUB used in all modern distros does not suffer the < 
1024 cylinder limitation, so it is fine just leaving it as is.

HTH

Craig
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