----- Original Message ----- From: Rajesh Deo rajeshdeo@earthlink.net To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] RH Linux not overwriting MBR.
On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 14:10, Nikhil Karkera wrote:
Have 2 HDDs:
Master: 4 Gb [hda] Slave: 32 Gb [hdb] (is 40 Gb, but my BIOS treats it as 32 Gb)
Update your BIOS, you wish to live with 8GB missing because of old bios
I also have similar configuration..8GB and 40GB HDD with old bios.
BIOS update may not be possible as was in my case..i guess use disk manager and get full 40 GB!!!
so i prefer put DDO(Disk Driver Overlay) at MBR and let there be no LILO or GRUB!!!! To boot into linux....start windows in command prompt and use oadlin..( this will just take max 30 secs extra time..i guess its worth since i get 8GB extra for it...
i would like to know if any better solution exist.... have u tried XOSL?? www.xosl.org Regards, Vishal P.S: the above solution is not optimal!!! as when u start linux...u dont get 8GB inlinux but get it in windows alone.