rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Rob- I guess some Distros are better then others and I am still searching.... and besides....it's been very helpful for me with learning some of this stuff!!! cheers Neil
>may I ask a stuped question ? why waste the space and effort on haveing >a bunch of distros insted of loading every thing you can get on one >distro ? > > >neil t wrote: >> >> Thanks for the info about lilo. It was a typo...I did edit /etc/lilo.config but I >still get many, many error messages when I try to boot RedHat. So I think I will go >ahead and forget about it and install Debian. I have copied all the things I want to >save and stored them on my /dos partion and even copied important stuff from Mandrake >to the /dos partion. >> Ray, you mention: >> "If you install Debian, it will replace your existing bootloader with a lilo >install that boots only Debian. After it does that, you can edit its >> /etc/lilo.conf, then run lilo, to restore the options to boot DOS or >> Mandrake, but the Debian installer itself won't add those choices for you." >> I understand that the Debian installer won't add the choices, but do I need to >replace my existing bootloader? Can't I just install Debian and then edit the >Mandrake bootloader to reflect Debian on /dev/hda3? >> >> >> When I installed it, I made a boot floppy and it worked ok, but was very slow. >Which brings me back to my original question. I would rather have the option on the >gui lilo box when I boot. I don't mind the way things boot now, I just don't want to >mess up what I have. The Mandrake gui LILO box at boot is fine with me as long as I >can boot Debian from it. (I am sure I messed up the RedHat because I forgot to >execute lilo after editing /etc/lilo.config). >> >> I apologize for the way some of the stuff is phrased, I still haven't quite got the >Linux lingo down! >> >> All the best- >> >> Neil T. >> -- > > > >> Arachne/DRdos-Mandrake9.0/Basiclinux-QrpHamRadio >> http://www.qsl.net/wa4chq >> >> >> __________________________________________________________________ >> The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! >http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp >> >> Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com/ >> - >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in >> the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > -- Arachne/DRdos-Mandrake9.0/Basiclinux-QrpHamRadio http://www.qsl.net/wa4chq __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
