HD Install :: if (pP(XP=hda1)) + (extP(DSL=hda5 + Swap=hda6))

ta for that Brian,

ro for ntfs and all the 7's for fat32, yep got that... i thought (not that it matters) fat32 was rite for upto 8gig, I have a 4g hda.

Here is something interesting ....

with explore2fs-1.08beta3 reports error "Windows NT 5.1 build number 2600
Could not find valid Superblock"

with explore2fs.exe "access violation at address 00020152 in module explore2fs.exe . Read of address 00000008"

The above was tested with a "Limp Linux" distro (limp_ver2.1.zip) installed on XP on a ntfs drive.... I know - I know fat only but Limp did stick and a fs within a file shud be rite even if it is ro ntfs...

My guess is the bad-block error causing all the prob. I know this has something to do with the mbr and boot.sectors but is too much google for me.

Shud it matter that I have hda 4g, hdc 1.2g and hdd 1.2g with a cdrw hdb drive on the ide's...

By earlier post I have fat32 XP and mke2fs hda1, so i did it proper then and are ow willing to accept ro HD dsl install just to preserve the XP install an get dsl going from HD. After that worx I intended to install dsl to hdc and tackle the boot-loader edits to give a dual booter

FAT32 does large partition sizes, up to something like 138GB or some number close to that.

However, the maximum size of a SINGLE FILE in a FAT32 system is 4GB, which is bad if you are trying to create DVD-sized ISO files

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