Re: Dual Boot

[gporos@xxxxxxxxx (Greg Oros)]

There is a book out, Linux for Dummies.   I know, this violates
the principal of everything should be free.  However it takes you
step by step doing everything you should do to put Redhat, 5.2 I think
on a machine to coincide with a windows machine.  They even include
the disk, (Which is why I got the book, didn't feel like trying to down
load the OS via modem.)

                                                                  Greg

>Thank you . Yes I have installed Linux a couple of times . I wasn't sure
>about this situation though , so I figured I'd better ask the experts before
>wasting a lot of time . I didn't realize that Lilo would write to the mbr on
>C: , referencing what in dos would be D: . Oh that's just too slick ! So my
>assumption is that , in Linux D: becomes HDA2 ?
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wesley Leonard <marshall@pacdemon.org>
>To: members@kalamazoolinux.org <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
>Date: Friday, March 31, 2000 4:31 AM
>Subject: Re: Dual Boot
>
>
>>I love it when people start a question out with "Is there a way..."  It
>>makes it sound like a challenge.
>>
>>Anyway, there's no problem with what you want to do.  Go ahead and throw
>>the second drive in, begin the Linux install process and viola!  The
>>install process installs a bootloader called LILO (LInux LOader) which
>>should go in the mbr of the primary hard drive.  At boot time, LILO runs
>>and gives you a prompt.  At this point it doesn't matter if your Linux
>>drive is primary or not...
>>
>>If you need some help bring your computer to the beginners' meeting this
>>Tuesday (be sure to fill out the form on the web page first).  If you've
>>installed Linux (or any operating system) before you shouldn't have too
>>much trouble.
>>
>>Good luck!
>>
>>Dennis wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello , I have a windows 95 machine . The harddrive is only about 600
>megs .
>>> I have a second harddrive that I want to add , And put Mandrake onto . My
>>> question is : Is there a way to dual boot win95 and Linux when win 95
>will
>>> be on the primary HD , And Linux on the secondary HD ? If I have to , I
>will
>>> manually install the Linux drive as master whenever I wish to run Linux ,
>>> But I was looking for a way to not have to do this . Any ideas ?
>>
>>--
>>Wesley Leonard
>>marshall@pacdemon.org
>>
>>http://www.pacdemon.org
>>"Death by misadventure"
>> --Official cause of death of former AC/DC lead singer Bon Scott
>>
>>