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I don't mean to be rude (really!), there is a lot of documentation
with Linux, however you should read those dealing with installation
again.

With Linux (Slackware at least) it is specifically mentioned how to
install linux to use the OS/2 Boot Manger.

From Memory all it entails is that during the installation instead of
putting LiLo on the Hard drive boot up sector, it puts it on the Linux
Partition.

When I installed Linux, thats all I did. No screwing round with fdisk
or anything like that. Just some spare space for the linux partition
on the drive, and during the linux install it makes its own
partitions.

However I seem to remember that if you take the option of installing
Linux into a dos partition this won't work. It must be a Linux
partition.

Hope this helped.


David Schulz <schulzy@powerup.com.au> wrote:

>I have just installed Slackware 3.0.0 on to my system which already has
>DOS/Windoze (3.11) and OS/2 (Warp) on it.  Linux install proceeded with
>no major dramas.  However, Boot Manager won't boot Linux.  It says the
>partition is not formatted.

>The Linux install is A-OK as it boots from floppy.  I created the Linux
>partitions from the OS/2 Boot Manager as suggested by the Slackware
>install program.  Boot manager sees the Linux partition as bootable and
>type 83 so what's the drama.

>TIA

>David

>P.S.     When I run 'startx' it fails telling me I need to create a
>config file.  Any help on what should be in the config file or even
>better how to automatically generate one would also be much appreciated.