I am trying to set up my computer at home with a triple boot system. I want Windows98se, NT4 and Linix. I want to put win98 on the 1.5 GB primary partition on a 30 gig HD. It would become drive C:. I want to put NT on a 1.5 GB logical partition within an extended partition. It would become drive D: Linix would be in another 1.5 GB partition in the extended partition and become drive E:. The balance of the drive would be split into two equal parts for programs and data.
My problem is that I will have to use FAT 16 on the partitions because NT and Linix don’t read FAT 32. However, FAT 16 only reconizes 2 GB partitions. That means my HD will have 15 partitions on it.
The computer that I am typing this on has two 9 Gig drives. One split and one not. They use the NTFS system. I know that NT will read the FAT 16 files, but not the FAT 32.
Any suggestions. I do not really want 15 drive letters plus the ones assigned to the CD-RW, DVD, smartmedia card reader, JAZ drive, CDROM and the SCSI drives.
Thanks for the help.
Markus R Bertel
