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How to get OS/2, Ubuntu, XP to co-exist

How to get OS/2, Ubuntu, XP to co-exist
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:33:33 GMT
I'm trying to get Ubuntu installed on my system and to co-exist with eCS
v1.1 (which I use  constantly)  and  Win  XP  Home  (which  I  use  when
unavoidable).

My setup looks like the following:

Logical View

Logical Volume           Type           Status    File System  Size (MB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WinXP Home 2002        Compatibility                   NTFS        10236
eCS v1.1           C:  Compatibility    Startable      HPFS         1027
Programs           D:  Compatibility                   HPFS          517
Home               E:  Compatibility                   HPFS         4102
Data               F:     LVM                          JFS        118304
SHARED             G:  Compatibility                   FAT32        8197

Physical View

Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical Volume
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home 2002
[ free space 1 ]            10236
eCS v1.1                     1027  Primary   In use      eCS v1.1
Programs                      517  Logical   In use      Programs
Home                         4102  Logical   In use      Home
Data                       118304  Logical   In use      Data
SHARED                       8197  Logical   In use      SHARED

I'm  using Air-BOOT, figuring this might help as it frees up the Primary
partition Boot Manager would require.

SHARED is a FAT32 partition which I use to move data between OS/2 and XP
(and Ubuntu if I can get it installed).

I  understand  it's  a  good  idea  to use at least three partitions for
Linux: "/", "/home", and swap.  So, my plan is to apportion
that  10  GB
of "[ free space 1 ]" as follows:

   /       6144 MB
   /home   3592 MB
   swap     500 MB

However, if I use "Guided Install" it seems to want to use the 10 GB
for
"/" and to re-size (shrink) SHARED to get the space it wants  for 
swap.
If  I  choose  "Manual Edit of partitions" it doesn't allow me to
create
more than one partition out of "[ free space 1 ]".

OK,  so  I  figured  it  was  either  my unfamiliarity with GRUB or some
peculiarity with it that was the problem  so  I  tried  to  use  LVM  to
apportion "[ free space 1 ]" into those three partitions, but that
won't
work either.  If I go into Physical View and attempt  to  create  a  new
partition  I'm  only  allowed  to  create  a  Primary partition (which I
understand "/" needs to be).  So, I created a Primary partition of 
6144
MB  to  use for "/".  But at this point LVM won't allow me to create
any
more partitions out of the remaining "[ free space 1 ]" (4086 MB).

So, anyone have an idea of the cause of the problem?

--
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I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
--Frank Lloyd Wright

War is good for business - invest your son.
--antiwar bumper sticker from the 1960s
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Re: How to get OS/2, Ubuntu, XP to co-exist
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:39:58 GMT
Since your free space is between primaries and not at the end of the 
drive, AND since you already have a  container for your logical 
drives, you cannot allocate ANYTHING BUT a (single) primary in this 
space. You need to use DFSee to move the logical partitions forward 
into the free space so that you can allocate more logical volumes in 
the container. I'm probably not using the right terms here, but if you
buy DFSee, Jan van Wijk will be glad to help you out.  Look here:

http://www.dfsee.com

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:33:33 UTC, Joe Negron 
<jnegron@XmindspringX.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to get Ubuntu installed on my system and to co-exist with eCS
> v1.1 (which I use  constantly)  and  Win  XP  Home  (which  I  use  when
> unavoidable).
> 
> My setup looks like the following:
> 
> Logical View
> 
> Logical Volume           Type           Status    File System  Size (MB)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> WinXP Home 2002        Compatibility                   NTFS        10236
> eCS v1.1           C:  Compatibility    Startable      HPFS         1027
> Programs           D:  Compatibility                   HPFS          517
> Home               E:  Compatibility                   HPFS         4102
> Data               F:     LVM                          JFS        118304
> SHARED             G:  Compatibility                   FAT32        8197
> 
> Physical View
> 
> Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical Volume
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home 2002
> [ free space 1 ]            10236
> eCS v1.1                     1027  Primary   In use      eCS v1.1
> Programs                      517  Logical   In use      Programs
> Home                         4102  Logical   In use      Home
> Data                       118304  Logical   In use      Data
> SHARED                       8197  Logical   In use      SHARED
> 
> I'm  using Air-BOOT, figuring this might help as it frees up the Primary
> partition Boot Manager would require.
> 
> SHARED is a FAT32 partition which I use to move data between OS/2 and XP
> (and Ubuntu if I can get it installed).
> 
> I  understand  it's  a  good  idea  to use at least three partitions for
> Linux: "/", "/home", and swap.  So, my plan is to
apportion that  10  GB
> of "[ free space 1 ]" as follows:
> 
>    /       6144 MB
>    /home   3592 MB
>    swap     500 MB
> 
> However, if I use "Guided Install" it seems to want to use the 10
GB for
> "/" and to re-size (shrink) SHARED to get the space it wants  for
 swap.
> If  I  choose  "Manual Edit of partitions" it doesn't allow me to
create
> more than one partition out of "[ free space 1 ]".
> 
> OK,  so  I  figured  it  was  either  my unfamiliarity with GRUB or some
> peculiarity with it that was the problem  so  I  tried  to  use  LVM  to
> apportion "[ free space 1 ]" into those three partitions, but
that won't
> work either.  If I go into Physical View and attempt  to  create  a  new
> partition  I'm  only  allowed  to  create  a  Primary partition (which I
> understand "/" needs to be).  So, I created a Primary partition
of  6144
> MB  to  use for "/".  But at this point LVM won't allow me to
create any
> more partitions out of the remaining "[ free space 1 ]" (4086
MB).
> 
> So, anyone have an idea of the cause of the problem?
> 
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
> --Frank Lloyd Wright
> 
> War is good for business - invest your son.
> --antiwar bumper sticker from the 1960s
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Joe Negron from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, USA


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Re: How to get OS/2, Ubuntu, XP to co-exist
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:59:09 GMT
On 2007-04-24, Tom Brown <thombrown!@san.rr.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:33:33 UTC, Joe Negron
><jnegron@XmindspringX.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to get Ubuntu installed on my system and to co-exist with
eCS
>>v1.1 (which I use  constantly)  and  Win  XP  Home  (which  I  use 
when
>>unavoidable).
>>
>>My setup looks like the following:
>>
>>Logical View
>>
>>Logical Volume           Type           Status    File System  Size
(MB)
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------

>>WinXP Home 2002        Compatibility                   NTFS       
10236
>>eCS v1.1           C:  Compatibility    Startable      HPFS        
1027
>>Programs           D:  Compatibility                   HPFS         
517
>>Home               E:  Compatibility                   HPFS        
4102
>>Data               F:     LVM                          JFS       
118304
>>SHARED             G:  Compatibility                   FAT32       
8197
>>
>>Physical View
>>
>>Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical
Volume
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------

>>WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home
2002
>>[ free space 1 ]            10236
>>eCS v1.1                     1027  Primary   In use      eCS v1.1
>>Programs                      517  Logical   In use      Programs
>>Home                         4102  Logical   In use      Home
>>Data                       118304  Logical   In use      Data
>>SHARED                       8197  Logical   In use      SHARED
>>
>>I'm  using Air-BOOT, figuring this might help as it frees up the
Primary
>>partition Boot Manager would require.
>>
>>SHARED is a FAT32 partition which I use to move data between OS/2 and
XP
>>(and Ubuntu if I can get it installed).
>>
>>I  understand  it's  a  good  idea  to use at least three partitions
for
>>Linux: "/", "/home", and swap.  So, my plan is to
apportion that  10  GB
>>of "[ free space 1 ]" as follows:
>>
>>   /       6144 MB
>>   /home   3592 MB
>>   swap     500 MB
>>
>>However, if I use "Guided Install" it seems to want to use the
10 GB for
>>"/" and to re-size (shrink) SHARED to get the space it wants 
for  swap.
>>If  I  choose  "Manual Edit of partitions" it doesn't allow me
to create
>>more than one partition out of "[ free space 1 ]".
>>
>>OK,  so  I  figured  it  was  either  my unfamiliarity with GRUB or
some
>>peculiarity with it that was the problem  so  I  tried  to  use  LVM 
to
>>apportion "[ free space 1 ]" into those three partitions, but
that won't
>>work either.  If I go into Physical View and attempt  to  create  a 
new
>>partition  I'm  only  allowed  to  create  a  Primary partition (which
I
>>understand "/" needs to be).  So, I created a Primary
partition of  6144
>>MB  to  use for "/".  But at this point LVM won't allow me to
create any
>>more partitions out of the remaining "[ free space 1 ]" (4086
MB).
>>
>>So, anyone have an idea of the cause of the problem?
>
>Since your free space is between primaries and not at the end of the
>drive, AND since you already have a  container for your logical
>drives, you cannot allocate ANYTHING BUT a (single) primary in this
>space. You need to use DFSee to move the logical partitions forward
>into the free space so that you can allocate more logical volumes in
>the container. I'm probably not using the right terms here, but if you
>buy DFSee, Jan van Wijk will be glad to help you out.  Look here:
>
>http://www.dfsee.com
>

Alex Taylor, on another newsgroup, said essentially the same:

I  deleted  the  eCS  partition,  then  recreated  it  at the end of the
freespace, resulting in:

Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical Volume
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home 2002
eCS v1.1                     1027  Primary   In use      eCS v1.1
[ free space 1 ]            10236
Programs                      517  Logical   In use      Programs
Home                         4102  Logical   In use      Home
Data                       118304  Logical   In use      Data
SHARED                       8197  Logical   In use      SHARED

I  divided the free space into a 9980 MB "/" partition and a 256 MB
swap
partition, then installed Ubuntu.  Upon rebooting I discovered  Ubuntu's
install   had  wiped  AiR-BOOT  (but  wasn't  concerned  since  AiR-BOOT
recommended the creation of a recovery floppy) and replaced it with  its
own  bootloader (GRUB?  I'm getting lost with all these new programs). I
booted Ubuntu - no problem.  I booted WinXP - no problem.   But,  I  was
unable  to  boot  eCS  - the following message appeared after the second
Dani driver loaded:

 OS/2 is unable to operate your hard disk or diskette drive.  The system
 is stopped.  Correct the preceding error and restart the system.

I  then  booted  AiR-BOOT's recovery floppy, not expecting it to fix the
eCS boot problem, but curious as to whether it would screw  up  anything
else.   I  was  able  to  boot WinXP but now Ubuntu would no longer boot
(and, as with Ubuntu's boot loader, neither would eCS).

I  then  removed  all  partitions  except  WinXP, resulting in this disk
layout:

Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical Volume
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home 2002
[ free space 1 ]           142383

At this point I had to use Manual Partition Edit else the Ubuntu install
would grab the entire free space for installation, leaving no  room  for
other  partitions.   So, I again created the 9980 MB "/" and 256 MB
swap
partitions.

The  problem  is Ubuntu's partition editor would only allow me to create
these  two  partitions  as  Primary.   When  I  later  booted  the   eCS
installation  disk I used LVM to create another Primary to boot eCS, but
then I wasn't allowed to create any other partitions.   So,  what's  the
problem  here?   I  knew about the four-Primary-partition limit, but not
the seeming fact that once those four  Primary  partitions  are  created
you're then disallowed from creating any other partitions.

--
------------------------------------------------------------------------
It is from weakness that people reach  for  dictators  and  concentrated
government power.  Only the strong can be free.  And only the productive
can be strong.
--Wendell L. Willkie

War is good for business - invest your son.
--antiwar bumper sticker from the 1960s
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Re: How to get OS/2, Ubuntu, XP to co-exist
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:57:33 GMT
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:59:09 UTC, Joe Negron 
<jnegron@XmindspringX.com> wrote:

> On 2007-04-24, Tom Brown <thombrown!@san.rr.com> wrote:
> >On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:33:33 UTC, Joe Negron
> ><jnegron@XmindspringX.com> wrote:
> >
> >>I'm trying to get Ubuntu installed on my system and to co-exist
with eCS
> >>v1.1 (which I use  constantly)  and  Win  XP  Home  (which  I  use 
when
> >>unavoidable).
> >>
> >>My setup looks like the following:
> >>
> >>Logical View
> >>
> >>Logical Volume           Type           Status    File System  Size
(MB)
>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------

> >>WinXP Home 2002        Compatibility                   NTFS       
10236
> >>eCS v1.1           C:  Compatibility    Startable      HPFS        
1027
> >>Programs           D:  Compatibility                   HPFS        
 517
> >>Home               E:  Compatibility                   HPFS        
4102
> >>Data               F:     LVM                          JFS       
118304
> >>SHARED             G:  Compatibility                   FAT32       
8197
> >>
> >>Physical View
> >>
> >>Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical
Volume
>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------

> >>WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home
2002
> >>[ free space 1 ]            10236
> >>eCS v1.1                     1027  Primary   In use      eCS v1.1
> >>Programs                      517  Logical   In use      Programs
> >>Home                         4102  Logical   In use      Home
> >>Data                       118304  Logical   In use      Data
> >>SHARED                       8197  Logical   In use      SHARED
> >>
> >>I'm  using Air-BOOT, figuring this might help as it frees up the
Primary
> >>partition Boot Manager would require.
> >>
> >>SHARED is a FAT32 partition which I use to move data between OS/2
and XP
> >>(and Ubuntu if I can get it installed).
> >>
> >>I  understand  it's  a  good  idea  to use at least three
partitions for
> >>Linux: "/", "/home", and swap.  So, my plan is
to apportion that  10  GB
> >>of "[ free space 1 ]" as follows:
> >>
> >>   /       6144 MB
> >>   /home   3592 MB
> >>   swap     500 MB
> >>
> >>However, if I use "Guided Install" it seems to want to
use the 10 GB for
> >>"/" and to re-size (shrink) SHARED to get the space it
wants  for  swap.
> >>If  I  choose  "Manual Edit of partitions" it doesn't
allow me to create
> >>more than one partition out of "[ free space 1 ]".
> >>
> >>OK,  so  I  figured  it  was  either  my unfamiliarity with GRUB or
some
> >>peculiarity with it that was the problem  so  I  tried  to  use 
LVM  to
> >>apportion "[ free space 1 ]" into those three partitions,
but that won't
> >>work either.  If I go into Physical View and attempt  to  create  a
 new
> >>partition  I'm  only  allowed  to  create  a  Primary partition
(which I
> >>understand "/" needs to be).  So, I created a Primary
partition of  6144
> >>MB  to  use for "/".  But at this point LVM won't allow
me to create any
> >>more partitions out of the remaining "[ free space 1 ]"
(4086 MB).
> >>
> >>So, anyone have an idea of the cause of the problem?
> >
> >Since your free space is between primaries and not at the end of the
> >drive, AND since you already have a  container for your logical
> >drives, you cannot allocate ANYTHING BUT a (single) primary in this
> >space. You need to use DFSee to move the logical partitions forward
> >into the free space so that you can allocate more logical volumes in
> >the container. I'm probably not using the right terms here, but if you
> >buy DFSee, Jan van Wijk will be glad to help you out.  Look here:
> >
> >http://www.dfsee.com
> >
> 
> Alex Taylor, on another newsgroup, said essentially the same:
> 
> I  deleted  the  eCS  partition,  then  recreated  it  at the end of the
> freespace, resulting in:
> 
> Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical Volume
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home 2002
> eCS v1.1                     1027  Primary   In use      eCS v1.1
> [ free space 1 ]            10236
> Programs                      517  Logical   In use      Programs
> Home                         4102  Logical   In use      Home
> Data                       118304  Logical   In use      Data
> SHARED                       8197  Logical   In use      SHARED
> 
> I  divided the free space into a 9980 MB "/" partition and a 256
MB swap
> partition, then installed Ubuntu.  Upon rebooting I discovered  Ubuntu's
> install   had  wiped  AiR-BOOT  (but  wasn't  concerned  since  AiR-BOOT
> recommended the creation of a recovery floppy) and replaced it with  its
> own  bootloader (GRUB?  I'm getting lost with all these new programs). I
> booted Ubuntu - no problem.  I booted WinXP - no problem.   But,  I  was
> unable  to  boot  eCS  - the following message appeared after the second
> Dani driver loaded:
> 
>  OS/2 is unable to operate your hard disk or diskette drive.  The system
>  is stopped.  Correct the preceding error and restart the system.
> 
> I  then  booted  AiR-BOOT's recovery floppy, not expecting it to fix the
> eCS boot problem, but curious as to whether it would screw  up  anything
> else.   I  was  able  to  boot WinXP but now Ubuntu would no longer boot
> (and, as with Ubuntu's boot loader, neither would eCS).
> 
> I  then  removed  all  partitions  except  WinXP, resulting in this disk
> layout:
> 
> Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical Volume
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home 2002
> [ free space 1 ]           142383
> 
> At this point I had to use Manual Partition Edit else the Ubuntu install
> would grab the entire free space for installation, leaving no  room  for
> other  partitions.   So, I again created the 9980 MB "/" and 256
MB swap
> partitions.
> 
> The  problem  is Ubuntu's partition editor would only allow me to create
> these  two  partitions  as  Primary.   When  I  later  booted  the   eCS
> installation  disk I used LVM to create another Primary to boot eCS, but
> then I wasn't allowed to create any other partitions.   So,  what's  the
> problem  here?   I  knew about the four-Primary-partition limit, but not
> the seeming fact that once those four  Primary  partitions  are  created
> you're then disallowed from creating any other partitions.
> 
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> It is from weakness that people reach  for  dictators  and  concentrated
> government power.  Only the strong can be free.  And only the productive
> can be strong.
> --Wendell L. Willkie
> 
> War is good for business - invest your son.
> --antiwar bumper sticker from the 1960s
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Joe Negron from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, USA

All logical partitions go into a "container" that takes up one of the

"primary" slots.
You can have 4 primaries or up to 3 primaries and N logicals. 

Study required.  Google: hard drive partition allocation. Look at the 
first hit:
Hard Disk Partitioning Primer

HTH

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Re: How to get OS/2, Ubuntu, XP to co-exist
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:47:12 +020
Hi Joe

"Joe Negron" <jnegron@XmindspringX.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:c1.2b8.351xXF$01A@news.ecomstation.com...
> On 2007-04-24, Tom Brown <thombrown!@san.rr.com> wrote:
>>On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:33:33 UTC, Joe Negron
>><jnegron@XmindspringX.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm trying to get Ubuntu installed on my system and to co-exist with
eCS
>>>v1.1 (which I use  constantly)  and  Win  XP  Home  (which  I  use 
when
>>>unavoidable).
>>>
>>>My setup looks like the following:
>>>
>>>Logical View
>>>
>>>Logical Volume           Type           Status    File System  Size
(MB)
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------
----
>>>WinXP Home 2002        Compatibility                   NTFS       
10236
>>>eCS v1.1           C:  Compatibility    Startable      HPFS        
1027
>>>Programs           D:  Compatibility                   HPFS         
517
>>>Home               E:  Compatibility                   HPFS        
4102
>>>Data               F:     LVM                          JFS       
118304
>>>SHARED             G:  Compatibility                   FAT32       
8197
>>>
>>>Physical View
>>>
>>>Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical
Volume
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------
----
>>>WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home
2002
>>>[ free space 1 ]            10236
>>>eCS v1.1                     1027  Primary   In use      eCS v1.1
>>>Programs                      517  Logical   In use      Programs
>>>Home                         4102  Logical   In use      Home
>>>Data                       118304  Logical   In use      Data
>>>SHARED                       8197  Logical   In use      SHARED
>>>
>>>I'm  using Air-BOOT, figuring this might help as it frees up the
Primary
>>>partition Boot Manager would require.
>>>
>>>SHARED is a FAT32 partition which I use to move data between OS/2
and XP
>>>(and Ubuntu if I can get it installed).
>>>
>>>I  understand  it's  a  good  idea  to use at least three partitions
for
>>>Linux: "/", "/home", and swap.  So, my plan is
to apportion that  10  GB
>>>of "[ free space 1 ]" as follows:
>>>
>>>   /       6144 MB
>>>   /home   3592 MB
>>>   swap     500 MB
>>>
>>>However, if I use "Guided Install" it seems to want to use
the 10 GB for
>>>"/" and to re-size (shrink) SHARED to get the space it
wants  for  swap.
>>>If  I  choose  "Manual Edit of partitions" it doesn't
allow me to create
>>>more than one partition out of "[ free space 1 ]".
>>>
>>>OK,  so  I  figured  it  was  either  my unfamiliarity with GRUB or
some
>>>peculiarity with it that was the problem  so  I  tried  to  use  LVM
 to
>>>apportion "[ free space 1 ]" into those three partitions,
but that won't
>>>work either.  If I go into Physical View and attempt  to  create  a 
new
>>>partition  I'm  only  allowed  to  create  a  Primary partition
(which I
>>>understand "/" needs to be).  So, I created a Primary
partition of  6144
>>>MB  to  use for "/".  But at this point LVM won't allow me
to create any
>>>more partitions out of the remaining "[ free space 1 ]"
(4086 MB).
>>>
>>>So, anyone have an idea of the cause of the problem?
>>
>>Since your free space is between primaries and not at the end of the
>>drive, AND since you already have a  container for your logical
>>drives, you cannot allocate ANYTHING BUT a (single) primary in this
>>space. You need to use DFSee to move the logical partitions forward
>>into the free space so that you can allocate more logical volumes in
>>the container. I'm probably not using the right terms here, but if you
>>buy DFSee, Jan van Wijk will be glad to help you out.  Look here:
>>
>>http://www.dfsee.com
>>
>
> Alex Taylor, on another newsgroup, said essentially the same:
>
> I  deleted  the  eCS  partition,  then  recreated  it  at the end of the
> freespace, resulting in:
>
> Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical Volume
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home 2002
> eCS v1.1                     1027  Primary   In use      eCS v1.1
> [ free space 1 ]            10236
> Programs                      517  Logical   In use      Programs
> Home                         4102  Logical   In use      Home
> Data                       118304  Logical   In use      Data
> SHARED                       8197  Logical   In use      SHARED
>
> I  divided the free space into a 9980 MB "/" partition and a 256
MB swap
> partition, then installed Ubuntu.  Upon rebooting I discovered  Ubuntu's
> install   had  wiped  AiR-BOOT  (but  wasn't  concerned  since  AiR-BOOT
> recommended the creation of a recovery floppy) and replaced it with  its
> own  bootloader (GRUB?  I'm getting lost with all these new programs). I
> booted Ubuntu - no problem.  I booted WinXP - no problem.   But,  I  was
> unable  to  boot  eCS  - the following message appeared after the second
> Dani driver loaded:
>
> OS/2 is unable to operate your hard disk or diskette drive.  The system
> is stopped.  Correct the preceding error and restart the system.
>
> I  then  booted  AiR-BOOT's recovery floppy, not expecting it to fix the
> eCS boot problem, but curious as to whether it would screw  up  anything
> else.   I  was  able  to  boot WinXP but now Ubuntu would no longer boot
> (and, as with Ubuntu's boot loader, neither would eCS).
>
> I  then  removed  all  partitions  except  WinXP, resulting in this disk
> layout:
>
> Disk Partition         Size (MB)    Type     Status       Logical Volume
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> WinXP Home 2002             10236  Primary   In use      WinXP Home 2002
> [ free space 1 ]           142383
>
> At this point I had to use Manual Partition Edit else the Ubuntu install
> would grab the entire free space for installation, leaving no  room  for
> other  partitions.   So, I again created the 9980 MB "/" and 256
MB swap
> partitions.
>
> The  problem  is Ubuntu's partition editor would only allow me to create
> these  two  partitions  as  Primary.   When  I  later  booted  the   eCS
> installation  disk I used LVM to create another Primary to boot eCS, but
> then I wasn't allowed to create any other partitions.   So,  what's  the
> problem  here?   I  knew about the four-Primary-partition limit, but not
> the seeming fact that once those four  Primary  partitions  are  created
> you're then disallowed from creating any other partitions.
>
One of the allowed 4 primary partions is a container for the logical
partitions. Once the 4 partitions exist, you cannot create any partitions
except inside the container.
For me it seems your freespace is outside the primary partitions.

Edwin
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> government power.  Only the strong can be free.  And only the productive
> can be strong.
> --Wendell L. Willkie
>
> War is good for business - invest your son.
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> Joe Negron from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, USA 

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