Keith,
Dont worry too much about it. The problem is largely with my system.
Dont let it stop you from installing it any way you want.
Just be aware of the problem. Make sure you can recover SHOULD it happen.
In the worst case you have to improve separation between Linux and WINxx.
Herman Aa.
At 07:13 PM 9/13/99 -0700, Keith Tam wrote:
>Does this problem occur with Red hat 6.0?
>
>I am going to creat dual-boot with Win98 and Red Hat Linux 6.0 or Mandrake
>Linux 5.3
>Should I woory about having the same problems as some of yuou have with the
>defrag?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Stuart Burbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 02:51 AM
>Subject: Re: WINxx clobbering Linux.
>
>
>on 11:56 13/09/1999 +0800, Herman Aa,wrote
>>
>>I have trouble with WIN98(95) co-existing with Linux (RH 5.0).
>
>>Yesterday DEFRAG of D: wiped out enough of my Linux to require
>> a re-install.
>
>>How can I improve following setup to stop WIN98 from clobbering
>> my Linux?
>
>I've never been brave enough to experiment with dual booting systems for
>just
>this sort of reason. Instead I have Windows and Linux on separate drives
>each
>in a removable tray. There is a third drive fixed in the case and
>configured
>as primary slave which is useful if I need to share or transfer files
>between
>Windows and Linux.
>
>Of course the machine must be switched off each time you pull one tray out
>and
>slot the other in but then this does mean that each OS starts from a cold
>boot
>which is probably a good thing. If your two drives are a matching pair you
>don't even need to alter the bios when you change them.
>
>With this arrangement I can play and experiment as much as I want secure in
>the
>knowledge that however disastrous my fiddling may be in one OS the other is
>safely disconnected and can not be harmed. For peace of mind I recommend
>it.
>Stuart
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Real Geeks do it with the lid off !
>(A)bort, (R)etry, (T)ake down entire network?
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
Herman Aalderink, Philippines (Cebu island).
Permanent (always good, but slower) email addr :
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Note 'zero' in n0jn).
