on Mon, 18 Jul
2005 23:55:03 PDT7
> In <20050718224009-60887-7@scoug.com>, on 07/18/05
> at 10:40 PM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:
>
> >fdisk says C: and I: are bootable. I: is a maintenance partition made
> >with BootOs/2..
>
> So?
>
> Given your fdisk listing and reading what is says:
[...snip...]
> This is a Warp4 limitation. eCS and MCP do not have this limitation.
This is only a slight diversion from the original line of questioning. I'm
about to install eCS 1.2 to a newly constructed machine and the capability of
booting from partitions will affect my planning. Ultimately, I'd like to have
a main boot partition (HPFS), maintenance partition (HPFS), trap dump partition
(FAT) and a large (JFS) for the space that's left on the machine (it's a 200GB
drive). This has been the way I've been working things on my current Warp4.5
machine (without the JFS space) and the 8GB boundary has things a little
constricted on my current machine.
So, the question is two fold.
1) Can the general rule concerning booting beyond the 8GB boundary be
summarized as needing both eCS/MCP and a BIOS that supports beyond 8GB (1024
cyl) booting? And the corollary, that either condition not satisfied means you
can't get it? That way I can put my maintenance partition beyond the limit
allowing a little more space for my main boot partition.
2) Is there a way to tell in advance that the BIOS will or will not permit
beyond 8GB boot? This will definitely affect my partition planning.
3) Assuming that I understand the issues correctly, my general plan then is:
BIOS does not permit booting beyond 8GB:
(C: 6GB HPFS main boot, D: 1GB HPFS maint, E: 1GB FAT trap dump, F: remaining
space JFS)
BIOS permits booting beyond 8GB:
(conservative option) (C: 7GB HPFS main boot, D: 1GB FAT trap dump , E: 1GB
HPFS maint, F: remaining space JFS)
OR maybe
(ambitious option) (C: 1 GB FAT trap dump, D: 20GB HPFS main boot, E: 1GB HPFS
maint, F: remaining space JFS) (would this work? don't some programs still
assume they're on 'C')
I know in the conservative option, it doesn't seem like much of a difference
but I'd like to have a large main boot partition. The ambitious option would
really work best for me.
Thanks for your thoughts
> Regards,
>
> Steven
-Rocky
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