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I have partitioned my 2Gig HD into 3. I have Linux and linux swap on
/dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 respectively. But when I tried to install Win95 on
/dev/hda3 it seems to freeze after I say yes to the M$ agreement. I did
set /dev/hda3 as the active partition in fdisk. The type of the partition
is 6 (under linux fdisk types) i.e FAT >= 32M. Any clues. Thanks

Quote:>I have partitioned my 2Gig HD into 3. I have Linux and linux swap on
>/dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 respectively. But when I tried to install Win95 on
>/dev/hda3 it seems to freeze after I say yes to the M$ agreement. I did
>set /dev/hda3 as the active partition in fdisk. The type of the partition
>is 6 (under linux fdisk types) i.e FAT >= 32M. Any clues. Thanks

James

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Quote:> I have partitioned my 2Gig HD into 3. I have Linux and linux swap on
> /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 respectively. But when I tried to install Win95 on
> /dev/hda3 it seems to freeze after I say yes to the M$ agreement. I did
> set /dev/hda3 as the active partition in fdisk. The type of the partition
> is 6 (under linux fdisk types) i.e FAT >= 32M. Any clues. Thanks

What I'd suggest is,

hda1     32 meg  Linux /        # More than enough to start the system
hda2     ?? meg  Linux swap     # Shouldn't need to be more than 64 meg
hda3    ??? meg  W95 C:         # It now starts around 96 meg
hda4    the rest Extended       # Split up into "logicals" hda5 etc.
 hda5   ??? meg  Linux /usr     # This can go anywhere
 hda6   ??? meg  Linux /home    # If you want a separate /home
 hda7    ?? meg  Linux /tmp     # (see /home)
 hda8    ?? meg  Linux /var     # (as above)

Now put lilo on /dev/hda as the MBR and it should all run fine.

Do you have the "MSDOS compatibility" still on in fdisk?  Is the bootable
flag toggled on /dev/hda3?  What does 'p'rint partition table look like in
fdisk?
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Roy Stogner

I have never had much luck getting '95 to install on anything but the first
partition on a hard drive. I do know that '95 on hda1, linux and swap on
hda2 and hda3 works out pretty well.

Quote:> I have partitioned my 2Gig HD into 3. I have Linux and linux swap on
> /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 respectively. But when I tried to install Win95
on
> /dev/hda3 it seems to freeze after I say yes to the M$ agreement. I did
> set /dev/hda3 as the active partition in fdisk. The type of the partition
> is 6 (under linux fdisk types) i.e FAT >= 32M. Any clues. Thanks

Quote:

> I have partitioned my 2Gig HD into 3. I have Linux and linux swap on
> /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 respectively. But when I tried to install Win95 on
> /dev/hda3 it seems to freeze after I say yes to the M$ agreement. I did
> set /dev/hda3 as the active partition in fdisk. The type of the partition
> is 6 (under linux fdisk types) i.e FAT >= 32M. Any clues. Thanks

Martijn
Australia
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Quote:> I have partitioned my 2Gig HD into 3. I have Linux and linux swap on
> /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 respectively. But when I tried to install Win95 on
> /dev/hda3 it seems to freeze after I say yes to the M$ agreement. I did
> set /dev/hda3 as the active partition in fdisk. The type of the partition
> is 6 (under linux fdisk types) i.e FAT >= 32M. Any clues. Thanks

             Heads: 128   Sectors per Track: 63   Cylinders: 624

    Name        Flags     Part Type      FS Type                  Size (MB)
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /dev/hda1   Boot      Primary        Linux                      1011.94
    /dev/hda3             Primary        DOS 16-bit >=32Mb           681.19
    /dev/hda2             Primary        Linux Swap                   63.00
    /dev/hda4             Primary        Linux                       700.88

Perhaps your BIOS is non-EIDE and the disk is too large?  Do you use
any funky disk geometry progs?

Note that the device numbers do not reflect the physical partition
'ordering' on the disk. (The above cfdisk output is the physical order).  
I have not violated the 1024 cylinder limit, but I am clearly over the
528 meg mark.

Why do you suspect that the failure of the Windows 95 installation
program is related to your partition scheme?