-Rob
On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Wayne Johnston wrote:
> After trying in vain to get Linux running on my PC I have been advised that
> it can't be done - at least, not if I want to maintain a DOS partition on
> the same PC. I've been told that the boot sector hack that allows DOS to
> recognize a hard drive over 512 MB is incompatible with Linux. Is there
> really nothing I can do apart from investing in new hardware?
>
> That's the basic question. Here are some of the details...
>
> I have my disk divided like this below. I use hda4 as a minimal boot
> partition for diagnosing problems with hda2. There have been nothing but
> problems. I have installed Linux (Slackware) three times but it keeps
> getting scrambled.
>
> Boot Begin Start End Blocks ID
> /dev/hda1 * 1 1 407 205096 6 Dos 16-bit >=32M
> /dev/hda2 408 408 814 205128 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda3 815 815 855 20664 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda4 856 856 1024 85176 83 Linux native
>
> My disk geometry is 1086 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors, 547 MB.
>
> When my system boots, I see the following...
>
> >> SAMSUNG WideDisk BOOT DRIVER VERSION 1.01
> >> MASTER IDE DRIVE: SAMSUNG SHD-30560A (APRO-5) SSI
>
> This, I've been told, is the root of my problem.
>
>
> Wayne Johnston
> 311 College Street
> Kingston ON K7L 4M3
> (613) 544-5851
> waynej@kos.net
>