Linux with Segate's Ontrack( hard disk overlay software)?
Peter Jones
HI,
I have a four year old 486dx/66 on which I was thinking of running Linux
plus the existing Dos 6.2 / Win 3.11
However, this machine has a bios that only supports smaller hard drives.
The machine has two HD's. The original 250kb and a newer 1.2gb, for
which I use Segate's Ontrack( dynamic drive overlay ) software to
overcome the bios problem with my current dos 6.2 / Win 3.11 set-up.
Would it be possible to install and use Linux on such a set-up?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Peter
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Peter Jones pe...@gazelle.demon.co.uk
London NW6
Alexander Viro
In article <RuelFEA4...@gazelle.demon.co.uk>,
Peter Jones <Pe...@gazelle.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
>However, this machine has a bios that only supports smaller hard drives.
>The machine has two HD's. The original 250kb and a newer 1.2gb, for
>which I use Segate's Ontrack( dynamic drive overlay ) software to
>overcome the bios problem with my current dos 6.2 / Win 3.11 set-up.
>
>Would it be possible to install and use Linux on such a set-up?
In principle - yes. What version of DDO you are using?
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while reading alt.flame and the resulting unholy combination of Elisp and
Minix code somehow managed to bootstrap itself and take on an independent
existence. -- James Raynard in c.u.b.f.m on nature of Albert Cahalan
Morgan
With Ontrack DM at least v.7 you won't have any trouble. Start Disk
Manager: 'dm', go into the mainentence menu, choose "Update Dynamic
Drive Overlay", and when it prompts for switches add /N. That'll put it
into a mode to make it compatible with Unix variants. And, if you're
concerned about speed degradation, it's not a problem. Even on my old
33/486DX with 20 MB of mem and *no* external chache (old Packard Bell
machine) I noticed no difference in speed running Win95, OpenDOS, or
Linux. But the system was slow as hell to begin with anyway!
The only trouble I've had is removing it so I can move it over to my
new PII system. Check "comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage" for my
desparate plea.
Peter Jones <Pe...@gazelle.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<RuelFEA4...@gazelle.demon.co.uk>...
>
>
> HI,
>
> I have a four year old 486dx/66 on which I was thinking of running
Linux
> plus the existing Dos 6.2 / Win 3.11
>
> However, this machine has a bios that only supports smaller hard
drives.
> The machine has two HD's. The original 250kb and a newer 1.2gb, for
> which I use Segate's Ontrack( dynamic drive overlay ) software to
> overcome the bios problem with my current dos 6.2 / Win 3.11 set-up.
>
> Would it be possible to install and use Linux on such a set-up?
>
Charles Farinella, RPT
In <RuelFEA4...@gazelle.demon.co.uk>, on 06/12/98
>I have a four year old 486dx/66 on which I was thinking of running Linux
>plus the existing Dos 6.2 / Win 3.11
>However, this machine has a bios that only supports smaller hard drives.
>The machine has two HD's. The original 250kb and a newer 1.2gb, for which
>I use Segate's Ontrack( dynamic drive overlay ) software to overcome the
>bios problem with my current dos 6.2 / Win 3.11 set-up.
>Would it be possible to install and use Linux on such a set-up?
I have a very similar machine, I run OS/2, Win95, and Linux, no problem. _
Charles Farinella, RPT <c_far...@conknet.com>
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Peter Jones
In article <6lqlg4$7...@riemann.math.psu.edu>, Alexander Viro
<vi...@riemann.math.psu.edu> writes
>In article <RuelFEA4...@gazelle.demon.co.uk>,
>Peter Jones <Pe...@gazelle.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>[snip]
>>The machine has two HD's. The original 250kb and a newer 1.2gb, for
>>which I use Segate's Ontrack( dynamic drive overlay ) software to
>>overcome the bios problem with my current dos 6.2 / Win 3.11 set-up.
>>
>>Would it be possible to install and use Linux on such a set-up?
>
>
Alexander Viro
In article <Y1ncwBAX...@gazelle.demon.co.uk>,>It's Ontrack V7.11
Should be OK. If fdisk will get upset and will ask for explicit geometry -
give him _logical_ one (as DOS see it).