From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 937993F81D for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:32:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fADHWNp13694 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:32:23 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fADHWNl23334 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:32:23 -0500 Received: from chruser.svc.tds.net (chruser.svc.tds.net [204.246.1.38]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fADHWMw23329 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:32:23 -0500 Received: from jumbo ([216.170.140.224]) by chruser.svc.tds.net with SMTP id <20011113173221.ZJFC29403.chruser@jumbo> for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:32:21 -0600 Message-ID: <00a201c16c61$78a82ec0$e08caad8@tds.net> From: "John J. Boyer" To: References: <3.0.6.32.20011113105117.00a5eab0@mail.doorpi.net> Subject: Re: Linux on a 2-Drive Machine Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:37:22 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Brent, I don't want to do anything to the C drive, least of all writing in the boot record. I just want the D drive to have a complete Linux system. I understand that I can start it with loadlin after my system boots to dos in the normal way from the C drive. John Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" To: Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:51 Subject: Re: Linux on a 2-Drive Machine > Well, you'd have to format the D drive, and install linux on it, redhat is > a cool distribution to use. It has to be installed on /dev/hdb1 or > something, hdb means the second drive. You need to repartition it with > linux fdisk, but it's easy. Redhat, in it's installation, will ask if you > have any other OS to boot, and you choose that to be /dev/hda1 for the dos > drive. You want to have lilo write to the master boot record of /dev/hda, > so when you boot, you would type either dos or linux. You can go in to > /etc/lilo.conf later to change the default if you just wait, and rerun lilo. > At 09:12 AM 11/13/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Hello, > >I have a machine with two disk drives. The C drive is now running Windows > >98. The D drive is used for backup. The machine boots into dos, so I can run > >dos programs if Windows commits suicide. I'm thinking of puting Linux on > >what is now the D drive. Then I would have a little DOS program to start it > >up after the machine boots. How can I write such a program? How do I install > >Linux on what is now the D drive. There will be plenty of space to still use > >it for backup. Better still, there are other machines on our network which > >can be used for backup. > >Thanks a lot. > >John > > > >Computers to Help People, Inc. > >http://www.chpi.org > >825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list mailing list > >Blinux-list@redhat.com > >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >