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George Durbridge wrote:

> Louis Hissink (hissinkl@bigpond.com) wrote:
>
> : O&E wrote:
> : > Would it be feasible if I install Linux on my Zip drive (which I currently
> : > have) and make it boot from there.
>
> : Personally I would tend to invest in one of those gadjets which enable one
> : to physically swap hard drives via removable cartridge.
>
> Louis: Why remove the hard disk with Win95, when you can leave it there
> and boot linux from another disk ?
>
> O&E: Does the bios support booting from the Zip ?  Then you may be able
> to boot from the Zip, but you would need a kernel with Zip support
> compiled in.
>
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providing it is actually bootable, and the assumption is that O&E has a bootable
Zip.  If so, then yeees, but then one needs to dive into the Bios to change the
boot order.  So that means Lilo on the MBR on the Win95 disk.  Then complications
could start.

I had a few hassles with OS2 and the WIN systems, and Linux a year or two back
trying to do a multi boot sequence. By memory I even splurged on a fancy booting
program, (bad case of ALzheimer's here), but little niggly things kept screwing
things up.

So the easiest was to physically isolate the operating systems, and hence the
swappable drives.  Reinstalling NT is not a trivial task !

Louis