Hi All, This was a response to an e-mail I sent to a friend of mine. I hope this helps.
I bought a "Full-version" (7-CD's) of Mandrake 8.0 last Saturday in Bossier City at the quarterly COMPUTERSHEAUX. I hope to have MD 8.0 on my LINUX drive soon, heheheh! I also picked up a "Hacking Exposed" book and 5 "How to Hack" CD's, LOL! Purely as a "defensive mode" for my home machines. "Luke, come over to the 'Dark Side'!" Muhahahahahaha! Soon, I'll be able to get DSL at my house. YEAAAA! "Cap'n Buck" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "buck saunders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 9:40 PM > Subject: Fwd: Re: Fw: Mandrake 8.1 Install > > > > Hey Buck, > > > > You're in luck... I thought I had cleaned out my sent-mail folder. Below > is the original message. > > > > Later, > > Lee > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > Subject: Re: Fw: Mandrake 8.1 Install > > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:18:18 -0500 > > From: Lee Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Tuesday 23 April 2002 03:12 pm, Buck wrote: > > > > I want to "remove" (overlay?) the Mandrake 8.1 on the "D" drive > > and still have dual-boot capability. How do I do this with OUT > > screwing up the oneI have on the WIN drive? > > > > The LAST time I installed Mandrake, it over wrote the WIN boot > > sector on the "C" drive and would NOT let me run WIN at all! > > > > I have to use WIN for the Excel spreadsheets when I work from > > home. > > > > > > "Buck" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > Hey Buck, > > > > During the install, pick "expert", and tell it you want to partition the > > drive yourself. It should give you a screen that lets you choose which > >drive to install to. Pick /dev/hdb, NOT /dev/hda. hdb will be your > > second physical ide hard drive. The easiest thing to do after that is let > > it do the partitioning after you've picked the drive. Tell it to format the > >drive, too. > > > > Unless you tell Linux only to boot from a boot floppy created during > > install, it's always going to overwrite the boot sector. That's not a > > problem as long as you tell the boot loader program that you also > > have Windows on the machine. Then you'll get a menu at bootup that > > lets you choose between Linux and Windows. I can't remember exactly > > how Mandrake gives you the choice, but I think toward the end of the > > install it asks where you want to install LILO. > > > > There are multiple ways of doing this, but the easiest for ya would be to > > tell it to install to /dev/hda (that's the master boot record of the first > > physical hard drive). Then it allows you to Add another operating system. > > Tell it to add Windows (it may automatically add it for you) and tell it to > > boot windows from /dev/hda1 (that's the boot record of the first partition > > of the first physical hard drive). > > > > Don't panic... this last part just installs LILO's boot code to the boot > > sector of the drive; it does NOT wipe out Windows, although Windows > > won't be able to boot without LILO's help after the install. This is normal. > > > > Only one program can be in control of a PC's boot process. In this case, > > that program is LILO, which then hands control off to either Linux or > > Windows. > > > > I can't remember the details of all these screens, but Mandrake makes most > > of it pretty obvious... you just need to be sure to read them carefully. Also, > > be SURE to create a boot disk when prompted. That way if you hose your > > boot sector, you can at least recover it by still booting into Linux. > > > > It's also a good idea to create a boot disk from Windows before you start. > > (consult online help for "Recovery disk" - I can't remember how you tell > > Windows to create a full boot disk) If you use Windows 98, that will put > > FDISK.EXE on the floppy and you can always recover your boot sector > > that way too. If you use Windows 95, you have to manually copy > > c:\windows\command\fdisk.exe to the floppy after you create it. Not sure > > how in Windows ME. > > > > Hope that helps some, > > Lee > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > >
