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Re: [TCLUG:3598] Novice Q1: Dual boot details.



My dual-boot system has linux on a 1.2 GB IDE drive as the master of the
second controller.  I use LILO on the boot record of hda with no problems.
Just make sure that when LILO is installed that it is placed on hda.

Jim Raney
SysAdmin, Citilink Internet

On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Chris Schumann wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Fred H. Olson wrote:
> > This is my first post to the list after just subscribing tho I've tried to
> > read the archives (the date ordered index is still problematic).
> 
> Hi Fred! As somewhat of a newbie myself, I'm happy to try to help. I'm
> also happy to know what others have to say about what I'm going to write,
> for future use.
> 
> > I decided to buy a used system to put Linux on that my ISP was selling: 
> > ( AMD K6 233MHZ, 32M Ram, 4x CD ROM, 1.6 HD, 15" Monitor $450 )  It has
> > Win95 and a bunch of software on it.  I decided to try a dual boot
> > system and keep the Win95 software.  To facilitate this I bought a
> > second 4.3 Gig HD figuring I'd use it for Linux and leave the original
> > drive in tact. My ISP is going to install the second HD but says that
> > both Linux and Win95 should reside on the boot disk.  He proposed
> > deviding the 43. Meg in half and moving the Win95 stuff to one half and
> > put Linux in the other half. 
> 
> If you do not have Win95 installation media, I strongly suggest you either
> buy it or get rid of Windows. I typically re-install every four months or
> so.
> 
> Regardless, linux does not need to be on the boot disk. *IF* you want to
> use LILO, you'll need at least that on the first disk, and below cylinder
> 1024 (which probably means below the 2.1GB point).
> 
> > Any recommendations?
> 
> I cannot speak to the K6 issues, but I would suggest that you leave the
> first drive as DOS and/or Win95 and use LOADLIN to run linux. You can use
> DOS's multi-part config.sys and autoexec.bat to bring up a menu or to
> default to either OS. Once DOS is running, LOADLIN can start linux from
> any partition on any drive.
> 
> > BTW what are the advantages of buying the RedHat CD package for $40
> > vs using a borrowed CD or waiting for a LUG install fest?
> 
> Best Buy sells it for $33, BTW. Advantages:
> - You get it *right now*
> - You get your own CD's
> - You get free support for 30?90? days
> - You get the cool Red Hat sticker
> - You get the "Installation Manual"
> - Voting with dollars
> 
> Disadvantages:
> - You spend more money
> 
> You can get the CD for $1.99 from CheapBytes, or lots of people can make
> you a copy of the CD (and these are legal via the GPL). The Installation
> Manual is around $15 at Borders. The two main plusses to buying are
> support if needed and getting it quickly.
> 
> > Or other package for that matter? 
> 
> Things I like about Red Hat: The manual, the sticker and the installation
> program. Once I had the partitions made (I've already written to this list
> about that saga), I had linux running with network and X support and was
> using Netscape to view web pages within 20 minutes.
> 
> I have SuSE linux 5.2. I would not recommend it for users because of the
> horrible manual. The software collection is very good though. It also will
> install a "demo" or trial version on a DOS partition, or you can use their
> live filesystem CD, where you run linux from the CD, so you don't need to
> install anything. I can't speak about other distributions.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Chris Schumann <whizkid@dwave.net>
> 
> 
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