At 23:38 9/22/98 -0700, JMB wrote:
>I have Partition Magic 3.0, but I cannot make sense out of it.  I know
>partition magic can make a multiboot section, but it also says that all
>boot programs must be within the first 1024 cylinders of the first hard
>drive.  What does that mean?

What that means is that if part of your drive is past this 1024 cylinder
limit, the only things you can put in this space are nonbootable
partitions. If you make a partition that extends past this limit, you
won't be able to boot from it. (I believe that PM3 will warn you if you
try to make a primary partition past the 1024 limit.) Also, you might have
trouble with DOS/Win3.1 at times if a FAT16 partition goes past this
limit. (For example, on my older computer, the Adaptec DOS SCSI driver,
ASPIDISK, wouldn't load properly since I had disks bigger than 1024
cylinders. There was a way around it, but it was a puzzle at first.))

>Do I have to make my first four drive sections as follows: Part Magic
>Boot...

Although I use Partition Magic, I have never used its boot manager, so I
can't help you with this question. I don't see why your idea wouldn't
work. But PM3's boot manager might limit you to three operating
systems since it leaves you with only 3 primary partitions. (That's my
first impression on glancing through their literature.) But you can
always make use of Linux's loader to get more choices during your boot
process...at the expense of slower boots.

You might be interested to know that Partition Magic 4 is available
now. (It costs $30 to upgrade PM3 to PM4.) This version od PM runs as a
native Win9x or WinNT4 application instead of having to run in DOS
Mode as do previous versions. There is also support for bigger (>10 GB)
disks as well as lots of other stuff (like repair disks) that I haven't
yet read about. If you choose to download this from Powerquest, be
aware that it's a 60 MB file.

Regards,
Bill

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