Re: Fun with Partition Tables and Zero's!!!
From: jayjwa (jayjwa_at_atr2.ath.cx)
Date: 07/15/03
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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:06:37 -0400
Douglas Mayne wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 00:29:42 -0600, jayjwa wrote:
>>Has anyone successfully setup a windows partition and a Linux one
>>together with these two versions of OS's?
>>
>
> Yes. Definitely.
> Here are some documents to study:
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Install-Strategies/index.html
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+Win9x+Grub-HOWTO/index.html
> http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub/html_node/DOS-Windows.html#DOS%2fWindows
I'm about ready for another go 'round with it, thanks I'll check those
out. I was so tired from staying up all night trying to get these two OS
to install that I fell asleep standing up, and then fell over like a
dead tree!
> This was posted to you earlier, and is good advice:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=vh1lacpu7mva5a%40corp.supernews.com&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3Dvh1lacpu7mva5a%2540corp.supernews.com
>
>
> If you are committed to switching to Linux, then switch. Setting up a
> single boot Linux system is actually an easier first project than a dual
> boot system with Windows 98. Otherwise, the "degree of difficulty" can vary
> substantially from one user to the next and from one hardware setup to the next.
> If you want a dual boot system, follow the documented instructions to
> create one.
>
> --Douglas Mayne
When I started this, I didn't have any mass-media to bring the Linux
packages with me (RPM's to other linuxes, Slackware uses tarballs) once
the internet connection was cut off, because a.) Linux wasn't able to
access my CD, b.) I've got a winmodem, and I don't think I'm (or anyone
for that matter) ready to set that thing up for Linux. I've seen the
documentation for it, and it's terrible long and complex. All things
considered, it would be easier to write a new driver for it from scratch...
Dual boot was never an idea I was hip on, it was about the only way I
could get Linux installed, because I needed windows to get the
packs/setup stuff off the internet and pass them on to Linux. No one in
my area even knows what Linux is, let along have disks for it.
(Actually, there was one guy from a computer shop that said he'd burn
Debian for me, but he never did. Thinking back now, he's the same guy
that kept my WinNT machine for about a month because he refused to give
me the boot floppy to install NT, the CD wasn't bootable, years and
years ago...now I remember him :( ) The idea was, I'd wipe the disk,
put Linux + swap first, then windows. Since I have about 7 floppys worth
of Slackware Linux, I could setup a basic little system, then add to it
to the point that I could evetually have linux take over the last
windows part., so then Linux would have just had an extra space to work
with.
Keep in mind that this isn't a typical new install with a full set of
ready-made Cd's on a factory-spec system. I can't get a box distro
because most places want a credit card or account, neither one do I
have, and I am the only person that uses Linux that I know on a
face-to-face basis. But then to my credit, I don't rely on my machine
for my job or livelyhood- it's just more for fun than anything else.
Thanks for the links though, I'll see what they have, because every
little bit helps, and I'll give this another try tonight. If I can get
my CD visible to Linux, I'm good to go, as now I can burn CD's, so I can
get all the packs that I need to make a nice system. The CD-RW is a LG
Electronics, I didn't see it on the Linux compatability page...
-Jay
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