Can I create an icon on Win98 Desktop to boot directly into Debian

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From: mhf
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:00

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Very new to Debian and can't find the answer in Bill McCarty's
otherwise excellent book on learning Debian Linux.

I have properly partitioned my HD.  I have Win98 running on one
partition, and Debian Linux (workstation package) installed on the
other partition.

With my current debian setup, I have to reboot in MS-DOS mode and load
linux by way of a linux boot disk.

1.  Can I create a shortcut on Win98 desktop to boot into Debian?

2.  Can I create some kind of shortcut to boot into Win98 through
Linux?

3.  Is it possible to have both operating systems running at the same
time, and i can switch back and forth between them?  

4.  Or will I always have to reboot to move from one to the other?

All suggestions and information greatly appreciated.  Thank you for
your time.

Mike
michael.flug@snet.net
or
go24hours@yahoo.com

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From: michael.flug@snet.net (mhf)
Subject: Can I create an icon on Win98 Desktop to boot directly into Debian
Date: 2000/06/28
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