[4837] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Linux/Win95
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Foresman)
Sun Nov 17 19:26:18 1996
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 17:44:20 -0600
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From: David Foresman <sparhawk@enteract.com>
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All you had to do was boot to linux using the redhat disks, or using a
rescue bootdisk. When you do a make zlilo, do a make zdisk also...to make
a boot floppy. When you get into linux, all you have to do is run lilo to
reset lilo on /dev/hda (or wherever lilo is)
At 02:53 PM 11/17/96 -0600, you wrote:
>On 17-Nov-96 "Subhas C. Roy" wrote:
>>>> On 17-Nov-96 Zero ToL wrote:
>>
>>> >>Does anyone know where I can find documents on how to partition my hard
>>> >drive to run linux and windows 95?
>>
>>> There is a mini-FAQ on Linux and Win95, but don't ever try to put
>>> Linux and Win95 on the same physical drive. It will destroy your
>>> Linux installation. I learned the hard way :-{(
>>
>>I have Linux and Win95 on the same 1.6GB WD EIDE hard drive (500MB for
>>Win95 and rest for Linux :) and they are happily coexisting just fine
>>thanks to LILO. I did fresh installation of RH 3.0.3 on it several
>>times trying various partitioning schemes (sometime recklessly). No
>>bad things happened. I use Partition Magic to steal disk space for
>
>Hey, that's a good trick! How did you do it? The mini-FAQ warns against
>it and it was confirmed by my own experience. What I did was install
>Win95 in a partition in which dos had been installed (with Linux on
>the rest of the disk). I believe Win95 wrote over the boot sector
>and prevented me from getting to my Linux partition at all. I don't
>know what would happen if you installed Win95 first and then installed
>Linux in the other partition.
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So... What's the point?
David Foresman sparhawk@enteract.com
http://www.enteract.com/~sparhawk
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