Debian dual boot install... easy peasy?
Chris Bier
chris.bier at cymor.com
Fri Dec 12 20:49:06 CST 2003
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Matt G wrote:
| Hey Guys. I've been running debian on a little webserver for a while now,
| and I'm completely hooked on how apt works, and I'm used to debian as
well.
|
| So, searching for an easy to install solution for my desktop, I installed
| Mandrake. It's running fine and everything, but I am missing the coolness
| of debian.
|
| The reason I didn't install debian on the desktop was because it also has
| WindowsXP on it. RH and Mandrake do a good job of dummy proofing the dual
| boot setup.
|
| How tough is a dual boot install of debian? I'm probably setting
everything
| up manually right? (partitioning, boot loader, fstab etc etc.)
It's pretty easy. Add:
other=/dev/hda1
~ label="Windows(hda1)"
to lilo.conf. Replace hda1 with the partition containing windows. run
"lilo" at the command prompt, and it should show up on your next reboot.
Chris
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