At first I wanted to use LILO, but in my manual it says that Linux has
to be installed on the first 1024 sectors of the harddisk. I don't
know exactly how I can check this, but I'm pretty sure that Linux
isn't installed at the beginning of my hard disk. I have two
partitions on my disk (the first one (sda1) 8Gb for win98, and the
second one (sda2) 1Gb for Linux). Besides, LILO hasn't exactly got the
attractive graphical user interface that I like! I'm going to try to
install an other boot manager I have found lying around somewhere.
I'll get back to you when I have figured this one out (could be a
while). And yes you are very right that compiling a custom kernel is
waaaay to difficult for me at this time.
Thanks
Peter
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Subject: Re: Combining win98 and linux
Author: blindman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) at unix,mime
Date: 27/8/99 8:14
Lawson, wouldn't it be easier to just use LILO. peter said he has a working
system that boots from the floppy and is still "windowcentric" when asking
about using a config.sys. (and peter, you correct me if i am wrong.) it just
seems easier to have him edit the /etc/lilo.conf file than jumping into
custom
compiles. or is their a reason not to use LILO?
Peter, just so you know... LILO is the Linux Loader and is installed in the
master boot record of your harddrive. when you boot you will be presented
with a prompt "LILO:" you can type "linux" to boot linux or "98" to boot
win98. "98" is what i use, it can be whatever you want, it's just a label you
can choose. and if there is ever a problem where LILO hangs (often "LI")
you can use a dos/win boot floppy fith fdisk on it and type "fdisk /mbr" and
it will wipe your mbr and the next reboot your machine will go right into
windows. you can then get back into linux using the boot disk and reinstall
LILO.
bye
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I haven't got any experience at all with linux so far, so I bought
> RH6.0 a few days ago and installed it. First I had a lot of problems
> with the amount of memory I have in my computer, but that's solved.
> The next problem I have is this: I have a SCSI hd in my computer with
> on the first partition windows98 and on the second linux. When I want
> to start Linux, I have to use a boot disk (wich works fine, but is a
> little slow). Now I want to make a 'menu' in my config.sys file wich
> enables me to choose between linux and win98. I copied the file
> loadlin.exe and the linux kernel to the first partition and modified
> the config.sys file. Works ok, but when I choose linux I eventually
> get the message 'kernel panic' after witch the computer hangs. I did
> exactly what they say in the manual, but I still get the error. What
> am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
> Peter
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