[97515] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Install Question...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hogg Graeme)
Tue Nov 3 13:52:14 1998
From: Hogg Graeme <CMSGHOGG@livjm.ac.uk>
To: "'redhat-list@redhat.com'" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 18:54:52 -0000
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No, it shouldn't matter, the Linux setup will should let you use Disk Druid
or fdisk, and you can setup whatever partitions you want.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Van Oostenbrugge [mailto:radar@cyber-wizard.com]
Sent: 03 November 1998 21:40
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Subject: RE: Install Question...
<snip> Steve Wrote...
>>How, when I install, can I have the option to boot into either system
(i.e.. win95 or Linux)?
<snip> Hogg wrote...
>Lilo will let you set it up to boot from any drive, and any partition, but
>there is some limit, I think the boot partition has to be before the 1023
>cylinder, on the disks, so you might have to alter some partitions, quick
and easy to do with partition magic 3 and up.
Does it matter that the drive that I am installing on is 800 MB and not
partitioned for anything? I plan on using the full 800 MB for Linux...
Wasn't planning on partitioning it other than defining the "map" locations
for Linux (i.e. root is swap, user, home and /usr/local.
------------------------
Steve Van Oostenbrugge
radar@cyber-wizard.com
ICQ - 10707631
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