Neil,
I don't know what multi-boot program that you are using on your computer
(possibly LILO?), so I will confine my comments to the program that I use,
System Commander. Actually, I have System Commander on only my laptop as it
has a 3 GB HD and I have it partitioned into DR-DOS, Linux (empty), and W95
partitions. My DR-DOS partition is further partitioned into a C: (primary)
partition, and extended D:, E:, F:, G:, H:, I:, J:, K: logical drives.
System Commander will permit you to have up to 100 OSes on your computer at a
time. When I boot, I am given a choice of which OS I want to boot to.
The reason that I chose System Commander was because it "hid" other OS
partitions from the "active" partition. With my drive setup and the fact
that I use BATch files to access my programs, preservation of my disk
structure was paramount. Ordinarily, when you have logical partitions (as I
have as D:, E:, F:, G:, H:, I:, J:, K:), they are subservient to other
primary partitions on the hard drive. For example, if you have a DOS
partition with the primary partition as C: and a logical partition D:, then
create a W95 partition with C: and a CD-ROM as D:, the DOS logical partition
drive letter will be changed to E:. System Commander's hiding of the other
OS partitions prevents this "musical chairs" with drive letters. (There was
a Q&A in PC Magazine a year or so ago about this in their "Solutions"
section.) I do not know how LILO handles this nor do I know how other
multi-boot programs handle it, but I am aware that some (many?) do not hide
the inactive partition from the active partition.
HTH
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona
Neil T. wrote:
. > G'mornig--
. > Roger, I've been using a boot disk for my HP Pavilion because when I
. > turn it on, it starts up in Windows 98....it takes about 3 minutes from
. > the time I start it to the time I can actually start using Arachne. I
. > have my hd partioned for Linux and W98 right now and at start up, the
. > RH boot window pops up and asks if I want w98 (default) or RH. When I
. > found DRDOS, it talks about using it with w95 and not having to mess
. > with the hard drive. I didn't know if I could use it on the Pavilion,
. > so I set DRDos up on the laptop which runs w95. When I boot up, it asks
. > if I want standard boot or drdos boot.
. > Question....can I install drdos on the Pavilion just like I did on my
. > laptop and if so, what will happen when I start the pc? Will I be asked
. > standard boot or drdos boot or will it start with the RH boot window
. > first?
. > Question....when I partioned the hd for linux/window I gave window 60%
. > to Linux 40%....can I change the amounts and add a third partion which
. > would be for drdos? say 50 for window, 25 for linux and 25 for drdos?
. > Sorry for these types of questions, I have lots to learn!
. > cheers and I hope the above made sense!!
. > Neil T
