Re: Dual Boot

["Zachary Florian" <icthusianz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

that book is a very large installation manual... i have it... very little
focused on actually using/running linux...

> 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
> >>
> >>
>
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