should I install arch on a primary or logical partition? if I make them logical, they'll be part6-7 (for root and swap?) and if I make it primary it'll be part3-4? so how should I do? make them logical or primary? and what's the difference when I use my os:es?
]]>logical and primary
A hard drive can only have 4 primary partitions. A logical partition was created to allow you to fit more partitions in a primary partition (only 4? or more?). Thus while you could have:
/part1 primary
/part2 primary
/part3 primary
/part4 primary
With logical you can have:
/part1 primary
/part2 primary
/part3 primary
/part5 logical
/part6 logical
/part7 logical
etc
/part4 is the primary partition which contains the logical partitions, and while it exists, you cannot do anything with it, only 5-7. I'm not sure what the rules on logical partitions are as far as FSs and installation, I know / will install fine to one tho, as will swap. I believe windows will as well.
Windows' Drive Naming conventions
Generally it will just go down the list and assign drive letters.
/part1 primary C:
/part2 primary D:
/part3 primary E:
/part4 primary F:
But it can be goofy when you install it first, and it will reassign them so C: can be the primary drive. Its not too hard to tell which is which, use the management consule's disk plugin.
Dual-boot arch and windows
1. Install Windows, it must be on a primary partition.
2. Install arch.
3. When it comes time to edit grub menu.lst, set the following for your windows install:
# (1) Win2k
title Windows 2000
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
Where root (hd0,0) refers to the partition where windows is installed. Here, its pointing to disc0/part1. Good luck, its a cake walk after the first time you do it.
]]>$.30US a gig - bah! Back in ~'93/'94 I went to work for a PC company an one of the the perks was getting stuff @ cost so I went home to tell my wife how I was going to get this great deal on a new HDD - I was going to get a brand spanking new 540MB Western Digital for only $500.00! I was like 'honey, that's less than a dollar a meg!!!' - it was frickin' unbelievable.
When I was getting married (oi, that was 15 years ago) my mother offered me the diamond from her wedding ring for the engagement ring. Then all I needed was a ring and someone to mount it. I picked out a nice $150 white gold solitaire setting ring and bartered with a jeweler to mount the stone.
I traded him two 30MB full height MFM drives that I had salvaged.
heh.
]]>IBM PS/1 486SX/2 50MHz
32MB 72 Pin RAM
64MB Swap
2 3C509TP ISA NICs (PnP Disabled)
~800MB HDD
4x IDE CD-ROM (Added)
3.5" FDD (Added - had a 3.5/5.25 combo in the single 5.25 bay - removed it to make way for the IDE CD)
The thing just runs and runs and runs, doesn't generate much heat because of the slow CPU - it's awesome.
]]>$.30US a gig - bah! Back in ~'93/'94 I went to work for a PC company an one of the the perks was getting stuff @ cost so I went home to tell my wife how I was going to get this great deal on a new HDD - I was going to get a brand spanking new 540MB Western Digital for only $500.00! I was like 'honey, that's less than a dollar a meg!!!' - it was frickin' unbelievable.
PS - my memory is fuzzy but that's the general truth of the story so don't come busting my * about <whinynerdvoice>well, in 1993 540MB hard drives were already below $400, blah blah</whinynerdvoice>
hah, I'm still using a 280meg drive! linux based firewall/gateways rock (i used to use it to share a dialup connection between like 10 comps at home hahah)
]]>PS - my memory is fuzzy but that's the general truth of the story so don't come busting my * about <whinynerdvoice>well, in 1993 540MB hard drives were already below $400, blah blah</whinynerdvoice>
]]>I saw 80gb drives at Best Buy the other day for $85 with a $60 rebate... I shoulda bought one.
wow... ~30 cents per gig...
]]>Install Windows XP on the C: Drive (currently /dev/hda)
Remove the drive and make it a slave to the new hard drive (now /dev/hdb)
Install Arch (or any Linux with Grub as a bootloader) on the new /dev/hda
Add the following to your /boot/grub/menu.lst
title Windows XP
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
I saw 80gb drives at Best Buy the other day for $85 with a $60 rebate... I shoulda bought one.
]]>use the grub options "makeactive" and "chainloader" to use the windows boot loader upon booting to windows (the silly black screen with the windows logo)
those documents linked above are good. Any more questions, post it here
]]>i suggest you use cfdisk to delete all the linux partitions you made, and create just a swap and root. you can alsy try my alternative installation documentation, which I find to be simpler than the official docs. Feel free to ask any questions here.
]]>thanks! but one of my biggest problems... How do I know if my disc0/part6 is my swap or my root or anything? and the boot partition, the arch setup don't ask for that one!?
If i recall correctly, and I might not..it has been a while since i did an install, the install asks you if you want to setup any more mounts. You say yes, choose a partition that you have already made, and are presented with a box saying something like /blah-blah...or something..
you just type into that box /boot.
as for the disc0/part6, well, when you create the partitions, you should write down which one you want to be which. Then, in the install when presented with a list of partitions, you should be able to choose the right ones (don't recall the exact screen representation, because, well, it has been quite a while since I have installed.)
Maybe someone else who has actually done an install recently can provide some more specific details. My two bit fifo buffer of a brain has long been flushed of this info.
]]>havn't tried the grub stuff yet, since I haven't installed arch again yet... but I think I'll manage that! just that last time I didn't have any internet connection, I have to print some stuff before next attempt I think! hehe
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