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Darrin Smith wrote:

> I am about to attempt my first Linux installation under the guidance
> of "Running a perfect internet site with linux" by QUE. The book includes
> the complete slackware distribution.
> The question I have is regarding using Lilo with Win98.
> My setup is as follows....
> Primary Master HDD Quantum 5.1GB Win98/Fat32
> Primary Slave HDD Quantum 1.0GB Fat32(empty)
> Secondary Master CD-ROM Creative 8x ATAPI
> I would like to leave my primary win98 5.1 drive alone and use all the 1.0GB
> for the linux installation.
> Will Lilo allow this configuration? and will it work? ie. can I dual boot
> two OS's on TWO separate drives? From the book it appears as though it will
> work just fine if I specify /dev/hdb as the linux partition.
> Oh and will Linux be able to "see" my CD-ROM as it is on the secondary IDE.
> Thanks in advance.
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Hi Darrin,

No, fdisk your slave to removethe fat32 partition.  Actually leave it as
unpartitioned and allow Linux to do its installation.

dual booting will require lilo which installs into the MBR of your first hard
drive.

as a guide, I had an old Connor drive (400Mb) which was set up as hda (first IDE
master). I also had a second master on IDE 2, which had 2G free.  Installing
Linux worked OK, but as I also have to use NT, swapping data was
,..........difficult.

Booting ontwo separate drives if not a problem.

Linux will C your CD rom.

by the way, what field of medicine are you into.  My father, now retired, was a
thoracic surgeon, and peer of Prof B. Ten Zeldam, of the Uni Pathology school,
years ago.  Both these two guys came from Holland after WW11.  Ten Zeldam in Wa,
my old man in NSW. (I usually live in Perth, Crawley, near steves).  get back 6
Feb.  Me, well, I am a diamond geologist, though prof Ten zeldam reckoned that
was preparatory work for an ultimate career as a renal specialist - stone wise.
He was wrong, for once.
:-)

Cheers

Louis
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