if you want to wait we'll (nnhlug) be having a demo on dual booting on the
27th at the howe lib in hanover.
~kurth
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken D'Ambrosio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: VIncce McHugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: LILO Dual Boot
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, VIncce McHugh wrote:
>
> > 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).
>
> Windows 2000 (akin to NT) could give you some issues; only recently have I
> had reasonably good luck doing dual-boot with NT and/or 2000 -- if you're
> seriously considering 2000, you may want to do a little more research,
> first.
>
> > 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?
>
> No -- it's far, far better to do it (at least for ME) as follows:
>
> - Install Windows, creating your 4 GB Windows partition, and leaving the
> rest unallocated.
>
> - Install Linux, breaking the remaining 2 GB into two partitions: one
> for your stock, almost-two-gig ext2 partition, and the remainder for
> your swap partition.
>
> While doing the Linux install, most all distributions will be able to see
> that Windows was already installed on the primary partition, and will set
> up LILO such that you can choose between the two, and set one or the other
> as your system's boot default.
>
> Again, if you're using 2000, you may want to get more details either on
> here, or from one of the many multiboot FAQs or HOWTOs. I've had some bad
> luck with LILO and NTFS, so what I usually do in those cases is:
>
> - Install NT (or 2000)
> - Install Linux
> - During the Linux install, make sure to create the boot floppy, AND
> - also be sure to point LILO to the Linux partition, not the MBR.
>
> With this done, you can then use DD to create a 256-byte copy of the LILO
> stuff, and bring that to the NT partition, and edit your boot.ini file
> such that it can kick off either NT or, via the LILO file, Linux. It
> sounds somewhat complicated, but it's really fairly straightforward, and,
> if you're interested, I can go and dig up the details. Note, again, that
> this is only applicable to NT or 2000.
>
> HTH,
>
> -Ken
>
>
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