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Re: New to Linux

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From: Paul Atkins
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 00:00
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dont u just edit /etc/lilo.conf
thats what i would do, but the microshaft partition in the conf file
and when u boot up... press tab when LILO is displayed and type the boot u
selected


Cameron Ratcliffe <labrat@tpg.com.au> wrote in article
<37BE84D2.EBB0419F@tpg.com.au>...
> seeing as u have lilo installed it should have added you win95 partition
to its
> table automatically.. so next time you boot up and see the lili prompt
press TAB
> and you will see a list of boot options enter in whatever isn't linux..
it
> defaults to msdos which is just the label name.. unless you change it..
um in
> linux there is a program called linuxconf in there you will see lilo
settings
> which allow you to choose which partition to boot.
> Lab_rat
> 
> Anonymous wrote:
> 
> > I just installed Red Hat Linux 5.2 with WIN95. First I created a
partition
> > for the new system with partition magic then  I tried it 4 or 5 times
to
> > install and each time I got to the part that I needed to make a boot
disk, I
> > put the disk in pressed enter and it just sat there saying"creating
boot
> > disk" I waited and waited etc... it just froze at that point.  I then
went
> > throught the re-install (again) and this time chose not to create a
boot
> > disk and let the LILO load into the MBR.  Now I get LINUX to boot
> > automaticlly (cool!!) But I can't get back to windows. In fdisk, I can
see
> > both partitons on the drive. Neither one of them is a "Primay DOS"
> > partition.  When I go to PQ Magic, (text mode) from the rescue disk, I
can
> > see the Hidden Win95 partiton. My question is how do I get windows to
boot
> > again?
> > Sincerely confused.......
> > -Andy
> >
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From: "Paul Atkins" <p_atkins@primus.com.au>
Subject: Re: New to Linux
Date: 1999/08/29
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