trying to break free of the microsoft chains...
using cfdisk instead of fdisk, (i wimped out because i didn't know how many mb per cylinder at the time) anyways,
i created two new partitions, and shrunk down an old one with MS-DOS (Win 98)
The two new ones are:
a bootable new one for native Linux
a new swap one for Linux (not designated as boot, which i hope is right)
here's the prob:
at the time of writing the new partitions, the error message
"not precisely one primary partition is bootable. DOS MBR cannot boot file"
my partition table doesn't have any overlapping cylinders, the table lists the first partition, hda1, as Win95/NT bootable
second , hda2, as Linux swap (non bootable)
third, hda3, as Linux native (bootable)
i'm wondering if i missed a step in the fdisk/cfdisk procedures, or do i need to do something else, like in regard to mount points, or lilo? i admit, i don't know much about lilo, it's late, i want to finish installing, and i haven't found any real definitions for lilo..
sigh... when will the microsoft nightmare end?