From: restrugo@netcom.com (Ramiro Estrugo) Subject: Re: Hard Drive Setup Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1993 21:17:04 GMT
The Sleepless Wonder (darkstar@bach.udel.edu) wrote:
: Okay, I'm about to install Linux on my humble 386. Now, I have two
: drives. I want to make the larger one DOS only (I can't help if it has
: all the games 8), and make the smaller one my Linux drive. Now, the
: problem is that the larger drive is the second drive. So, if I try to
: make the second drive a primary partition, DOS complains that it can
: only make partitions on drive 1 partition. Now, if I install Lilo and
: make the first drive (the linux drive) the startup drive, will lilo
: handle the switching over of drives, and bootup DOS even though DOS is
: on drive 2?
: --Jerry
:
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: |>Jerry Alexandratos ** "vengo de la tierra del <|
: |>darkstar@freezer.cns.udel.edu ** fuego ten cuidado cuando <|
: |>darkstar@bach.udel.edu ** llamas mi nombre..." <|
Hi,
If you use linux, then you should consider using LILO, the linux
booter. It also handles other filesystems and I believe will
solve your problem. Try reading the linux faq and lilo faqs
before you install anything, though, it will save you hassles.
ramiro
restrugo@netcom.com