🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <Magpie846492130guy@wyrdrune.demon.co.uk>, Guy Gascoigne -
Piggford <guy@wyrdrune.demon.co.uk> writes

>In article <TxytPcA+IocyEwQo@wookie.demon.co.uk> John Beardmore  wrote:
>> I guess I'd kind assumed that if NT could support 4 gig partitions,
>> there'd be a way to boot from ones that big !  Oh well...
>
>There is, but it's tricky to manage if you decide this after the install.  
>
>I have a feeling this only works if you do a 'boot from floppy' install 
>(using the three installation disks) rather than winnt /b, but you can 
>create and delete partitions during the install process as well as choose 
>an unformatted section of the disk for install and let NT deal with 
>formatting it prior to install.  Some of these bit's aren't obvious if you 
>are not aware that they are there, but the're not to hard to find if you 
>know to look for them.

I guess you need to tell NT not to put its files on the disk that you
are about to partition.

I'll give it a go when my next 4 gig drive comes in.


Cheers, J/.
-- 
John Beardmore