160GB Partitioning Help

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Kamlesh

Hi,

I have got a new Seagate 160GB Harddisk (ST3160023A). I need to make
my PC to have Multiple Operating systems with a Multi-boot menu in the
startup. The OS should include:

1) Windows 98 SE
2) Windows 2000 Advanced Server
3) Windows 2003 Eval Edition
4) Red Hat Linux 9.0

What would be the best way to partition my harddisk to accomodate all
the above. I also need to have some free drives where I can store my
DATA + PROGAMS + MUSIC + MOVIES that can be accessed from all the
above OS.

What File Systems would be recommended for this kind of setup?

Some of the Operating Systems are not recognizing the full disk space.
Please let me know what all Software Drivers/Updates I need to use in
all the operating system to make use of the entire 160GB space.

FYI, I am using Intel 845 Chipset (Pentium 4 - 2.4GHz). My RAM is
DDR-256MB.

Thanks,
Kamlesh
 
You need a primary FAT32 for Win 98, and should use primary NTFS for Win 200X.
Any boot manager in the MBR will multi-boot them, you might as well use LILO.

This leaves you with everything else as logical partitions. It is probably
safest to have one FAT32 after the 128GB boundry. Intel's drivers let you see
the full 160GB.

| Hi,
|
| I have got a new Seagate 160GB Harddisk (ST3160023A). I need to make
| my PC to have Multiple Operating systems with a Multi-boot menu in the
| startup. The OS should include:
|
| 1) Windows 98 SE
| 2) Windows 2000 Advanced Server
| 3) Windows 2003 Eval Edition
| 4) Red Hat Linux 9.0
|
| What would be the best way to partition my harddisk to accomodate all
| the above. I also need to have some free drives where I can store my
| DATA + PROGAMS + MUSIC + MOVIES that can be accessed from all the
| above OS.
|
| What File Systems would be recommended for this kind of setup?
|
| Some of the Operating Systems are not recognizing the full disk space.
| Please let me know what all Software Drivers/Updates I need to use in
| all the operating system to make use of the entire 160GB space.
|
 
Thanks for the information Eric.
I installed Intels Application Accelerator.
In my Win2000 Computer Management -> Disk Management Option, the drive
size is shown as 149.9 GB. Is this correct? I was told that this
harddisk is 160GB, then why am I shown 149.9GB in Win2000?
 
Kamlesh said:
Thanks for the information Eric.
I installed Intels Application Accelerator.
In my Win2000 Computer Management -> Disk Management Option, the drive
size is shown as 149.9 GB. Is this correct? I was told that this
harddisk is 160GB, then why am I shown 149.9GB in Win2000?
Click to expand...

Just arithmetic and the difference between 1,000,000,000,000
byte GBs and the binary GBs. Dont worry about it.
 
Sounds about right ... The rest of the disk space is used for
formatting.

My 160 GB Maxtor shows 152.66 formatted primary with NTFS.

BTW Things to look out for:
- Does your BIOS support 160GB drives? if not put Red Hat Linux 9, or
Win 2k or 2k3 extended partitions over the 137GB boundry.
- Can your BIOS boot over the 1000 Cylinder bounry?
 
I have got a new Seagate 160GB Harddisk (ST3160023A). I need to make
my PC to have Multiple Operating systems with a Multi-boot menu in the
startup. The OS should include:
Click to expand...

Hi, I'm interested to know more about your experience with this
specific model (ST3160023A). Is it hot and noisy when it's operating??
Is it reliable and fast so far?? Thanks!
 
I didn't find any problem with it till now... And I don't hear its
noise when operating. Yeah, its fast and I have already started
transferring about 18GBs of Videos from my Handycam... Its good.
 
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