Hi Martin
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From: Martin Roberts
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 6:30 AM
To: tony bolivar; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: dos - windoz95
> and have Win95 installed
> on my wife's computer. I have read all the literature in the
> HOW-TO series, but haven't been able to find out how to
> install DOS-Win95 on the hard drive.
> It's 1.3GB, and RH5.1, and the swap partition is formatted. I
> just need to have a little guidance on this one.
> I have XWindow's configured and really enjoy it's feature's.
> I have been browsing the file configuration, but can't seem
> to figure out how to add a partition.
> I would also like to be able to choose which operating system
> to use at bootup. I'm good at manipulating DOS code, "BAT,
> SYS" files, etc. But Linux is new to me.
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> Thanks
> Tony B.
>
Can you clarify - is the HD with RH5.1 going in the same machine as
another with win95? If so, you should be able to "mount" the win95
partition so Linux will see it in a directory - just like mounting a
floppy or CD. Also, dual boot is easy, either by LILO, loadlin or boot
floppy (my preference).
I wish to load Win95/DOS on the same harddrive as RH5.1, and be able to boot between
them at LILO. I have a 1.3GB harddrive, and at this point only Redhat and DOS
installed. I got in my Boot manager last night and wrote down all the information I
need to read on. I seem to have a DOS directory but I can't, or don't quite have the
basics yet to find out how to access it.
This is the line in my Boot directory
< dos /dev/hdc1 >
I asume I have DOS in there somewhere lurking about! Do I need to reset my boot
manager to boot DOS on boot-up, then install a DOS system disk? This was the
inpression I had, maybe I'm wrong.
Anyway's I wrote down all the information in my file manager, so if you can help me
out how I can load Win/DOS, I would appreciate it. If you need any more info to help
me out just note it in a reply.
Thanks all
Tony
Give more info and I'm sure many will be glad to help.
Martin
