Cyber Manic schrieb:
> 	I've trying to install multiboot system with Windows 2K and Warp for
two days right now...
> 
> 	First, I was want to have Warp at the beginning of drive and Win2K in
following partition like;

It's easy when you follows this steps:

- boot up WARP from install medium
   - do the required partitoning (no install yet, only partitoning)
     - IBM BM (empty spache at begin of disk)
         size exactly 1 zylinder)
     - C: W2K PRIMARY any size you likes
         Attention: some older BIOS can only boot if the partiton to
                    boot from is completely  inside the first 1024
                    zylinders! So this may limit the size  of the
                     system partiton
     - when and only when your BIOS can not boot above zylinder 1024
       AND you needs more than 1024 zylinders for W2K:
       D: OS/2 WARP extended partition!   Systempartiton
          - size min. 512 MB  max 1,5 GB
               512 is realistic when you'll never ever plans to
               upgrade to a more current version of OS2 like eCS
                1,5 GB gives you the room to install eCS 2.0 later
           - more extended partitions for W2K and OS/2 in any size

     - when your BIOS is able to boot anywhere from disk
       OR your W2K is happy with space inside the 1024 zylinder
       limit:
       Prefered whenever possible!
       D: W2K Data extended partiton
       E: OS/2 WARP extended partiton     Systempartiton
          see the comment about OS/2 above
       This gives you the chance to have anything W2K needs to have
       together and OS/2 outside its its limitded window.
     - more extended partitons for W2K and OS/2 in any size you
       likes
- boot up from W2K CD and install W2K completely
   that includes its Service packs!
   It is required that you installs at least SP 2 else each boot of
   W2K will destroy the boot manager again!
   Hint: use NTFS for anything that W2K should use
- boot up from OS/2 install medium
   - Activate IBM BM
     This is needed because W2K deactivates BM and youneeds it.
     No install but ractivating is needed
   - install OS/2 on its system partiton
     and thereafter anything else related to OS/2

This reduces the number of boots to the absolute minimum needed to get it.

OS/2 boots well from extended partiton when IBM BM is installed.

Recapitulation:
- Use OS/2 for the whole partitoning
- install W2K and its service packs first

When you have plans to install a LINUX distribition later:
- you'll need a primary partiton in size of 100 MB  to get
   linux boot installed. So after you've creaded the W2K primary one
   and before you creates OS/2 you should create the primary for
   linux /boot even as you will install it later.
- at end of disk linux needs at least 2 more partitons:
   minimum 10 GB for /
            8 GB for /swap
   Don't use linux fdisk for anything else as to set the
   linux partiton types!


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