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Since you already have solved the problem, this is irrelevant, but I
actually ran into the same problem when I inadvertantly named /usr, /user.

Jeff


Kasper Kowalski wrote in message <6uqac8$3p$1@metro.ucc.usyd.edu.au>...
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>John Zantey wrote in message
><6upupl$u1o$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>...
>>Don't quote me on this, but I think that there may be a 3G Hdd limit.
(Read
>>it somewhere, but might be only for an older version of RH)
>>If You R going to use more than 1 drive for multiple operating systems,
>then
>>why not set your 1.2G as master and the other drive as slave. Set Linux on
>>the master and WinXX (nt/95/98) on the other drive). When the install
>>process asks you to be able to see other drives, this is where you
indicate
>>which drive(physical or logical - depending on how you set it up) and a
>name
>>for it... ie: /dev/hda = Linux.... /dev/hdb = WinXX and then save your
LILO
>>on the MBR of the primary disk.
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>  Of course!! This is the obvious solution (without doing anything
>technical), thanks :)  BTW, my setup on initial Redhat installation was
>(IIRC):
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>   3Gb - win98 (fat32)
>   2Gb - empty (set aside for future win nt install)
>   1.5Gb - linux
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>  The first time I noticed the problem with the corrupted partition table
>was after using fdisk during the red hat install. I changed my mind about
>the swap size and tried to go back into fdisk (using the back button in the
>install utility), and the partition table was screwed, ie. my win98
>partition was now 2kb!!!! I restarted (hoping it hadn't written the
>partition table) but win98 wouldn't boot (corrupted VFAT), but all my
>directory info (some 1.5Gb of stuff) was intact, in my 2kb partition :(
>   After numerous attempts to get LILO on the MBR, I switched to the
>non-UDMA drive, and install went without a hitch. So methinks it's more a
>compatibility issue with Seagate's UDMA drives tahn anything else...
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>KK
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