🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:00:18 -0400, Gary Slade <slade@sprynet.com>
wrote:

>i would like to install linux but hear horror  stories.anyone out there
>tell me the main problems to prepare for. i've partitioned the hard
>drive and would like to boot in either linux or 95. thanks
>
Hello, future linux admin...
The following is what I've found to work on all of the Win95/Linux
systems that I've built... which is over 100 machines.

1). do an fdisk using the Win95 boot disk and create a partition that
Win95 will boot from. i.e. if you have a 1.2 or larger hard drive do
the following:
a). Create a partition of 600 meg for dos and save that partition and
reboot.
b). format that partition using dos
c). ensuring that you can get to the cdrom go to drive D: and run
setup.
d). install Win95 with your choices.
e). once installation of Win95 is completed printers etc. if your
using RedHat just place the cd in to the cdrom and go to drive D:
D:
CD \DOSUTILS
AUTOBOOT
f). then use the disk druid to create the linux partitions
***WARNING*** do not delete your Win95 partition just add the new
partions and swap partition for linux
g). make your installations choices and format those partitions
h). donot make a boot disk: answer no to that, then create the LILO
boot on the MBR, i.e. MASTER BOOT RECORD.
i). answer either, at least 30 seconds to wait before booting to linux
or as I do tell it to wait forever until I make a selection.
and then you have completed your install and Win95 is happy because
you haven't taken any disk space away from like you would if you used
the FIPS software.
****NOTE**** if you are using Slackware do the same thing except
you'll have to boot with the disks you have created from the CD under
BOOTDSKS.144 or BOOTDSKS.122
I do this on a reqular basis do to the fact most companies DONOT want
to pay the price for all the user licenses for NT, then I install
SAMBA, which makes Linux look like an NT server. Just that all the
E-Mail, News, File & Print, Web services are FREE to the company
because it comes with LINUX and the access it at least as fast if not
faster...

Take care, Don...