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by **Bob Waltenspi** » Fri, 05 Jan 1996 04:00:00

I have a large Conner disk (model CFA 1275, 1.278GB) on my DOS box. I
would like to install Linux on two unused partitions. I currently use
OnTrack's Disk Manager to allow the BIOS and DOS to allow access to the
entire disk. DM is a Dynamic Drive Overlay that loads before boot.

Does anyone have experience with this kind of setup and can offer
suggestions for allowing Linux to pre-preboot Disk Manager?

Thanks.

=Bob Waltenspiel

by **Andries Brouw** » Mon, 08 Jan 1996 04:00:00

: I have a large Conner disk (model CFA 1275, 1.278GB) on my DOS box. I
: would like to install Linux on two unused partitions. I currently use
: OnTrack's Disk Manager to allow the BIOS and DOS to allow access to the
: entire disk.

This question is answered more than once each day.
Throw off DM and confine DOS to 504MB, or upgrade to Linux 1.3.14
or newer.

by **David Kel** » Tue, 09 Jan 1996 04:00:00

Way to go Mary!! You are exactly right with your analysis of the
situation. There are several to many catch-22's in this problem. There
is a very well thought out answer to this question by Donald Tetreault
under the heading "Linux and Ontrack" currently available in this
newsgroup. I would like to correspond with you on this subject. I have
Dos/win and OS/2 with Ontrack v. 7.07 but have failed with Linux boot
kernels 1.2x from several distribution. I have been waiting to
received OS/2 back-up software and now am going to install OnTrack
with bios standard format . Let's communicate via E-Mail.

david kelly

ashland,or

by **David Kel** » Tue, 09 Jan 1996 04:00:00

Way to go Mary!! You are exactly right with your analysis of the
situation. There are several to many catch-22's in this problem. There
is a very well thought out answer to this question by Donald Tetreault
under the heading "Linux and Ontrack" currently available in this
newsgroup. I would like to correspond with you on this subject. I have
Dos/win and OS/2 with Ontrack v. 7.07 but have failed with Linux boot
kernels 1.2x from several distribution. I have been waiting to
received OS/2 back-up software and now am going to install OnTrack
with bios standard format . Let's communicate via E-Mail.

david kelly

ashland,or

by **Mary Conn** » Tue, 09 Jan 1996 04:00:00

>: I have a large Conner disk (model CFA 1275, 1.278GB) on my DOS box. I
>: would like to install Linux on two unused partitions. I currently use
>: OnTrack's Disk Manager to allow the BIOS and DOS to allow access to the
>: entire disk.
>This question is answered more than once each day.
>Throw off DM and confine DOS to 504MB, or upgrade to Linux 1.3.14
>or newer.

I don't see it answered more than once each day, at least not
effectively. I have the same situation, have read every post and
response for the last couple of days and still don't know what will
effectively work for me.

Upgrading to Linux 1.3.14 is not going to help someone who is trying
to do a fresh install on such a large disk, since the installation
kernels are all 1.2.xx. No one has yet said exactly what 1.3.14
offers, which makes it difficult to evaluate whether that path is
going to work.

Will fdisk properly partition my drive (claiming to have 32 heads)?
Do I still need to use the boot option of setting the hard disk
geometry or does 1.3.14 properly account for a drive that claims a
false geometry? Can 1.3.14 read a DOS partition that uses the Disk
Manager's proprietary format or do you need to migrate the drive to
standard BIOS format with version 7?

If I have an ancient machine (nearly 4 years old), will all this still
work?

If there is documentation that covers all of this, please point me to
it as I'm not able to find anything helpful in the HowTo's.

--

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Linux, big Conner disk & Disk Manager?

Linux, big Conner disk & Disk Manager?

Linux, big Conner disk & Disk Manager?

Linux, big Conner disk & Disk Manager?

Linux, big Conner disk & Disk Manager?

Linux, big Conner disk & Disk Manager?