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Article #3084Re: New to Linux
From: Paul Atkins
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 00:00
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 > > > > --------== Posted Anonymously via Newsfeeds.Com ==------- > > Featuring the worlds only Anonymous Usenet Server > > -----------== http://www.newsfeeds.com ==---------- > > > > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! > ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==----- >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11033e,5cff9a3d9c373672 X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public From: "Paul Atkins" <p_atkins@primus.com.au> Subject: Re: New to Linux Date: 1999/08/29 Message-ID: <01bef22b$3438b640$0101000a@majik.localnet.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 518502990 Cache-Post-Path: diddley.primus.com.au!unknown@bng101-119.ports.primus.com.au References: <37bdc734_1@anonymous.newsfeeds.com> <37BE84D2.EBB0419F@tpg.com.au> X-Complaints-To: abuse@telstra.net X-Trace: nsw.nnrp.telstra.net 935936534 203.134.0.92 (Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:22:14 EST) Organization: Internet Primus X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:22:14 EST Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux