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MISTAKE !!Re: CAN you have a Win95-FAT32, WinNT and Linux multibooot system?

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From: Regit Young
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
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Forgot about "count=1", the Linux command should read:

"if=/dev/hda3 of=/linux.bin count=1 bs=512"

Sorry if you've already found out the hard way ... I apologise for my
oversight.

Regit

Regit Young wrote:
> 
> a wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm looking at making my currently single boot, Win95 PC multiboot with the
> > above OSs.
> > I understand that if I use the NT boot manager, I can't use FAT32 for my
> > Win95 partition.
> > If I use LILO, or some other Linux boot manager, instead, can I have
> >
> > (a) All three OSs living happily together, AND
> > (b) The Win95 partition to be FAT32?
> >
> > Thanx for any advice.
> 
> Yes, lilo most definitely boot into these... for NT boot loader, do a search
> for "bootpart" which will do everything for you. Or, you can copy the boot
> sector of Linux partition to a file and manually edit boot.ini, using "dd
> if=/dev/hda3 of=/linux.bin bs=512", assuming that your linux partition is
> /hda3.
> 
> I used the above method and now booting into 9 OSes on my box. However, I
> would recommand "bootpart" if you not comfortable with dd or editing boot.ini.
> 
> Regit

-- 
Regit Young : regit@wantree.com.au
-Windows 95: n. 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit 
patch to an 8-bit OS originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, 
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1-bit of competition. -
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Subject: MISTAKE !!Re: CAN you have a Win95-FAT32, WinNT and Linux multibooot  system?
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