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On 11 Dec 1996 23:10:07 GMT, jsdy@cais.cais.com (Joseph S. D. Yao) wrote:

>In article <32AEE081.18D4@erols.com>, Greg Howland  <gbh@erols.com> wrote:
>>How do you set-up Win95 so that it will recognize
>>a Linux partition, and how would I undo this setting?
>
>You don't.  MS-Wind'95 has no software that will recognize any Linux-
>native file system.
>
>If you want to install a Linux system on an MS-Wind'95 system, you
>should first back up and re-install the Wind system.  (Supposedly, the
>version of FIPS that comes with a distribution containing Linux 2.*
>would work on an MS-Wind'95 file system; but I tend to be antsy about
>trusting such things.)  Before you re-format the disk, shorten the
>MS-Wind'95 FAT partition to be (well) under 1024 cylinders long.  Then
>install MS-Wind'95 on the smaller partition, and restore all of your
>files.  DO NOT DO ANYTHING UNDER MS-WIND'95 WITH THE REST OF THE DISK.

Or spend a couple of dollars and not work so hard...
Both Partition Magic and Partition-It (from QEMM) will do the job without all
the fuss.

>When you install Linux on the disk, it will allow you to set up its own
>partitions.  Use Linux 'fdisk' to set up Linux partitions.  Use MS
>'fdisk' to set up MS partitions.  Be sure that the "root" partition for
>Linux is entirely under the 1024-cylinder mark.
>
>You will be able to mount MS-Wind'95 file systems, either as regular
>MS-DOS file systems under Linux 1.*, or as MS-Wind'95 file systems
>under Linux 2.*.
>
>Be sure to install LILO or some other means of choosing to boot from
>either Linux or Wind.

Such as System Commander.



Peter Mikalajunas
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