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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998 17:52:24 -0600, Jeff Armani <jeffarma@telusplanet.net>
 bespoke regarding Dual booting with Linux, NT Srv, WKST, and Win95:
>
>I have just bought myself a 4.3 GB hard drive and I am about to set up
>partitions and start installing my OSs.
>I was thinking to setup Win95 first and then NT, so NT sees '95 and offer's
>dual boot.  Then I was thinking to install Red Hat on its own partition.
>However, ther are several issues I'm not sure about:

This is a good idea.  NT will most likely setup a boot loader without
asking, overwriting whatever's in the master boot record.  You can then
install Linux and LILO, over-overwriting NT's boot loader.  While I've never
used NT's boot loader, I don't trust software that decides to install
itself without asking (as most Windows software has the tendency to do).  Of
course, it may be a perfectly good boot loader, that installs itself when
asked, and this is just my anti-MS feelings shining through.

>
>- Will Lilo automatically offer dual boot??

LILO requires explicit setup and invocation before it writes to the master
boot record.

>- Does Linux have to be on my boot partition?

LILO writes to the master boot record, and does not require (from what I
understand) any of the partitions it boots to be bootable.  At least, my
Linux partition is not bootable, and LILO has never had a problem with it.

>- Can I make my boot partition NTFS and still have Linux and Win95 boot?

Most likely.

>
>Below is an explanation of how I am planning to layout my HD:
>
>Partition 1 (Boot):
>- 1.2GB
>- NTFS
>- Stores NT Srv & WKST
>
>Partition 2:
>- 1.2GB
>- NTFS
>- Application storage
>
>Partition 3:
>- 1.1GB
>- Fat16
>- Stores Win95 and Dos 6.22
>
>Partition 4:
>- 800MB
>- LS OS
>- Stores Linux
>
>If anyone sees a problem with this layout please tell me.  Any help is
>greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>

There are problems with some BIOSes that require data be within the first
1024 cylinders.  I am not fully versed on the problem, and I would suggest
reading the LILO documentation (/usr/doc/lilo, man lilo, man lilo.conf). 

>--
>Jeff Armani MCP
>General Computer Assistance
>
>
>

You should probably take most of what I said with a grain of salt, and refer
to the documentation whenever possible.  I have not dealt with a whole
helluva lot of disk drives.

If you would like further help, either in partitioning or in the overall
Linux setup, please feel free to email me.  You should also subscribe to the
local Linux user's group (AKLUG), see www.aklug.org.  Us Alaskans gotta
stick together.  ;D


Respectfully,
Michael
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