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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!news.larc.nasa.gov!lerc.nasa.gov!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!oleane!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Logical Block Assignment -- WD 1.2gig drive Date: 31 May 1996 12:13:37 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4omk91$dt@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4nq1nq$f8q@dracula.hybrid.com> <31A48839.A3@www.play-hookey.com> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: : In : any case, Win95 always assumes it is to have the whole drive to itself, : and takes over everything. Therefore, install Win95 first, and then use : fips to shrink down the partition it generated. I know it leaves the : clusters too big, but if you re-install it will grab it all again. : Once you have limited Win95's space, you can proceed to install the rest : of what you want. I can't say for certain about the non-upgrade of Windows95, but historically, the Microsoft stragegy has been to take the first FAT partition, and if it's not there, partition all remaining free space. Only if it partitioned the free space would it write a new master boot record. Windows95 probably does this except it unconditionally re-writes the master boot record - shagging up some boot managers. If you can, break out of the "install Windows95" bit, and run fdisk. You can then make the Windows95 partition the size that you want. If you value your boot blocks (OSBS), save them somewhere. Otherwise, just run fdisk after installing and set your boot manager (OS/2?) active. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....