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by **Dave Dickers** » Tue, 24 Sep 1996 04:00:00

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Quote:
>Hi,

>Recently I got my Free SCO Openserver Unix OS.

>I have got Packard Bell with Windows 95(first 900MB) and OS/2 OS(last
>30MB - solely to use the Boot Manager) on 2 of the 3 partitions(EIDE
>Drive). I am now left with 600 MB in the middle of my Hard Disk.

>Please help me on following matters:

I'll try but you give scanty details of your hw.

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>1. When I install Unix OS, how does it recognize the partition on
>which it has to be installed?

You will need to use the Interactive install option. You will
need to figure out the starting and ending track on the hard disk
that defines the middle 600MB disk space on which you want to
install UNIX. The starting track will need to be on a cylinder
boundry. There are SLS scripts in the searchable support section
of SCO's web site that can help you figure that out.

Once the partition boundries are figured out and fat-finger'd into
the install routine, you will need to activate the new UNIX partition.
Once the partition is created and made active (by you) you will need
to spec out the filesystem layout you want. The /stand filesystem
has to be within the first gig of disk space (900MB's of which you
are using for another OS). The rest of the filesystems can be
placed outside of the 1 GB (aka 1024 cylinder) boundry.

As you may have noticed, this takes some homework on your part in
order to be prepared to do this type of install. You may need more
help than I've provided here. If so, please post a complete as
possible list of your hardware - you cannot be too detailed.

Quote:
>2. After installing, will I able to use Unix as a Boot Manager?

OS5 has multible OS boot capabilities via its 'bootos' command. You
can boot to DOS, Win95, WinNT, and OS2. So, yes.

Quote:
>Thank U in advance for helping me.

>Swami.

You live way down by that ol' river? :)

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by **Swaminathan K Vikkarapandiy** » Wed, 25 Sep 1996 04:00:00

Hi,

Recently I got my Free SCO Openserver Unix OS.

I have got Packard Bell with Windows 95(first 900MB) and OS/2 OS(last
30MB - solely to use the Boot Manager) on 2 of the 3 partitions(EIDE
Drive). I am now left with 600 MB in the middle of my Hard Disk.

Please help me on following matters:

1. When I install Unix OS, how does it recognize the partition on
which it has to be installed?

2. After installing, will I able to use Unix as a Boot Manager?

Thank U in advance for helping me.

Swami.

by **Swaminathan K Vikkarapandiy** » Thu, 26 Sep 1996 04:00:00

>says...

>>Hi,

>>Recently I got my Free SCO Openserver Unix OS.

>>I have got Packard Bell with Windows 95(first 900MB) and OS/2 OS(last
>>30MB - solely to use the Boot Manager) on 2 of the 3 partitions(EIDE
>>Drive). I am now left with 600 MB in the middle of my Hard Disk.

>>Please help me on following matters:
> I'll try but you give scanty details of your hw.

>>1. When I install Unix OS, how does it recognize the partition on
>>which it has to be installed?
> You will need to use the Interactive install option. You will
> need to figure out the starting and ending track on the hard disk
> that defines the middle 600MB disk space on which you want to
> install UNIX. The starting track will need to be on a cylinder
> boundry. There are SLS scripts in the searchable support section
> of SCO's web site that can help you figure that out.
> Once the partition boundries are figured out and fat-finger'd into
> the install routine, you will need to activate the new UNIX partition.
> Once the partition is created and made active (by you) you will need
> to spec out the filesystem layout you want. The /stand filesystem
> has to be within the first gig of disk space (900MB's of which you
> are using for another OS). The rest of the filesystems can be
> placed outside of the 1 GB (aka 1024 cylinder) boundry.
> As you may have noticed, this takes some homework on your part in
> order to be prepared to do this type of install. You may need more
> help than I've provided here. If so, please post a complete as
> possible list of your hardware - you cannot be too detailed.

Hardware Details :
CDROM Controllers - MKE Panasonic
CDROM - Matshita CDROM CR563
Printer - Canon BJC 4000
Disk Drive - Generic IDE Disk
Mouse - MS PS/2 Port Mouse

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>>2. After installing, will I able to use Unix as a Boot Manager?
> OS5 has multible OS boot capabilities via its 'bootos' command. You
> can boot to DOS, Win95, WinNT, and OS2. So, yes.

>>Thank U in advance for helping me.

>>Swami.

> You live way down by that ol' river? :)

Please tell me, if any other HW details is required.

Thank U for responding

Swami

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by **Bela Lubki** » Thu, 26 Sep 1996 04:00:00

> Once the partition boundries are figured out and fat-finger'd into
> the install routine, you will need to activate the new UNIX partition.
> Once the partition is created and made active (by you) you will need
> to spec out the filesystem layout you want. The /stand filesystem
> has to be within the first gig of disk space (900MB's of which you
> are using for another OS). The rest of the filesystems can be
> placed outside of the 1 GB (aka 1024 cylinder) boundry.

The real limit is the 1024 cylinder boundary. The size of a cylinder
depends on the disk controller and disk. Many SCSI host adapters use a
geometry of 64 heads and 32 sectors/track, giving 1MB per cylinder,
which puts the 1024 cylinder boundary at 1GB. But other host adapters
and most [E]IDE hard disks use different geometry. The fact that Swami
has an OS/2 boot manager partition at the end of the disk strongly
implies that his entire disk is bootable (that is, it uses a geometry
which puts everything below the 1024th cylinder).

> Hardware Details :
> CDROM Controllers - MKE Panasonic
> CDROM - Matshita CDROM CR563
> Printer - Canon BJC 4000
> Disk Drive - Generic IDE Disk
> Mouse - MS PS/2 Port Mouse

Whoops. Problem: the CD-ROM controller isn't supported. OpenServer
supports SCSI and EIDE ATAPI CD-ROMs *only*. You'll need to find one of
those (probably ATAPI since you already have an IDE controller).

Quote:>Bela<

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