Hi,
A typical thing done to dual boot laptops with Win9* already installed
is to defragment the Win drive and then use FIPS.EXE to shrink the
partition. Then do the Linux install using the rest of the disk
for Linux partitions, and at the end of the install have include LILO
entries for both the Windows and Linux partitions.
Be careful about any save-to-disk "hidden" partitions, or other
things the laptop may need (windows or bios doing the save-to-disk).
I don't know if this will work directly for your setup, but I thought
I'd mention it as a potentially useful solution.
Karl
On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, VIncce McHugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am about to set up my next laptop to dual boot
> between Linux and Windows. My last one I set up was
> Linux\Win98. I used "System Commander" to handle the
> partitions and boot manager. But I wanted to set up
> this next one using LILO only.
> I am looking for tips and recommendations on setting
> it up. I know Linux will run on it I tested it on a
> similar laptop. I will need to do 2 partitions, a 2
> gig for LINUX and a 4 gig for Windows (either ME or
> 2K).
> I remember that I had issues with Windows. It had to
> be on the primary partition (that's why I used System
> Commander last time, But I want to use LILO this
> time.)
> First Question is what is the best order to do this
> in? I was planning on setting up my two partitions and
> then should I load Linux first? How will that affect
> Windows need to be on the primary partition?
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