Jerry Owens [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] said:
>I have a 486Dx2/66 computer with a Pentium overdrive chip and a 1.2 GB
>HD. I would like to install Linux on this machine as well as keeping
>the copy of windows 95 that is already loaded on the machine. I have
>seen references for doing this with two hard drives, but I only have
>one. Is it possible to load two operating systems on one drive and what
>do I need to do to accomplish this. I am still fairly new to Linux and
>I am very new to using two operating systems on one computer so any help
>would be appreciated.
You can use FIPS.EXE (DOS utility that comes on the Mandrake CD) to create a
new partition out of the free space in your existing DOS partition. It's
like a free version of Partition Magic.
The Mandrake installation sets up LILO for you (like a free version of
System Commander).
However, are you using an overlay program (to be able to use a 1.2 GB hard
disk with a 486)? Are you using Ontrack Disk Manager, EZ-Drive, or
equivalent? Do you see a bootup message about this?
Since these overlay programs modify the MBR (master boot record) and shift
all the disk tracks, there may be some risk in using FIPS and LILO.
Definitely back up your data before proceeding if this is the case...
Regards,
Richard
