From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe-144-136-157-34.qld.bigpond.net.au ([144.136.157.34] helo=data.home ident=mail) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AOpz3-0002cY-00 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:04:53 -0500 Received: from geoff (helo=localhost) by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1AOpyx-0004ew-00 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:04:47 +1000 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:04:47 +1000 (EST) From: Geoff Shang To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031124082102.02fdd4c0@mail.buckeye-express.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: installing linux on second HD X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 03:04:53 -0000 On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Guy Schlosser wrote: > 1. I would like to install Debbian. Should I go for the 3.0 release or is > there a newer release out there? The latest release is 3.0. They just put out their second point release for 3.0, but you can easily update over the net once you've installed everything. > 2. When I get to the point where I'm gonna install lilo, do I want to > install it on the MBR of the master HD? To me this would make complete > sense. Other wise, how does the system know to look to the second HD, not > the first where my windows 2000 installation is? That's right. > Last but not least 3. What is the line I want to add to lilo.conf that > will give me my Windows 2000 as a choice on the initial boot-up menu? other=/dev/hda1 label=windows Geoff.