Re: Dual Boot

["Dennis" <podein@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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
>
>