🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:19:26 +1000, "dave" <cupples@one.net.au> wrote:

>Hello there my name is Shannon
>l an hoping you can help me lm trying to run linux on my pc l have two hard
>drives
>on my pc on the primary ide is win98'  the secondary ide is the one lm
>trying to
>install linux on  l have installed linux on this drive and lm having no luck
>in booting off

Not as me, i have Winblow98 on the primary master (C:\ under dos,
/dev/hdan where n is your partition, either dos or linux ... ex: your
win98 partition will certainly be /dev/hda1), who is a 4,3Gb HDD and
linux on the secondary master (D:\ or else under dos and /dev/hdcn
under linux)

>its "os" l have tryed to change the boot sequence in the cmos to all the
>different combos

You have to make a Master Boot Record with an indication where to
boot, on your first or second hard drive ... : one way, either LILO
who can be put on a floppy, and writting it in place of MBR of Zin98
,i'll explain it later...

>with no luck l also tryed to delete the partitions on this drive with  MS
>FDISK with no
>luck

Normal, FDISK from Kro$oft wont let you do what you want, but when
your run FDISK of your linux distribution, you can do the following
command:

	fdisk /dev/hdc

It will run it only for this drive ... it replace the way of choosing
into the program on wich hdd you want to go... You can create your
linux partitions, i think a linux native who take i think the majority
of the place on your hdd, and a linux swap partition of about 128 M
maximum...make sure you are on the good drive ... also in this case
/dev/hdc ...

> l did notice that fdisk did no have a drive letter for the this drive

The partitions under linux aren't like under dos, you can't choose a
drive letter, but only mount drives into directories ... what we call
a file system... When you have finished partitioning your hard drive,
i think you can begin installing your components ... But you must
create too a boot disk with lilo on it... your setup programm will
certainly propose you (create your LILO boot disk), like this, if you
want to reinstall, you dont have to reconstruct the zin98 FAT and
MBR... Master Boot Record is where are inscribed the boot sequences
and if you tell LILO to write the new MBR in replacement of other, you
wont be able to boot anymore, zin98 nor linux ...

Normally, you will be asked for many things creating your lilo
configuration but ...

IF I MADE ERRORS WRITE IT HERE ...

>another quest
>is how do l uninstall linux from this drive .
>please respond
>
>THANK YOU   cupples@one.net.au
>
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