I will tell you how I did the deed, if this will help.
My system was partitioned into four partitions for Windoze.
I used Partition Magic to resize these to provide room on the disk for
Linux.
I then made room before the secondary partition for the main (root) Linux
partition. I also created space in the secondary partition for a Linux
partition to be used as the /home folder ( I wanted to be able to re-install
without the need for re-downloading stuff I get off the Internet, I am bound
to mess things up while learning Linux).
Next, I re-started from the Linux boot disk, and created the two partitions
I wanted using the Linux partition tool provided (not f-disk for Linux)
setting the entry points as / on hda3 and /home on hda5 ( these were the
partition designations for my system, yours may be different ) while
following the screen prompts. and reading everything quite carefully. The
installation went without problems, so if something like this does not work
for you, I can not be of much help. It is likely that if there was not any
free space on your HD for a Linux partition, this may have been the culprit
that stopped everything cold.
I did not want to mess around with Linux for DOS or anything like that, as I
wanted my Linux installation to be as simple and straight forward as
possible. I do a dual-boot with the LILO loader, and all works for me
without problems.
I must confess however, that I do like my IE5 and the OutLook Express e-mail
reader in Windoze better than the Netscape Communicator provided with Linux.
This is a personal preference, and in no way should be construed as any kind
of an endorsement for the former. If they (the guys in Redmond) would
produce a version of IE5 for Linux, I most likely would not use Win for
anything, and remove it from my system.
I hope that this is helpful,
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Zocolillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux Mail List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 11:03 AM
Subject: [newbie] dual boot setup
> Hello,
>
> I apologise for asking this as I know it was just discussed (but i wasn't
> paying attention), but I need help setting up a dual boot for Linux and
> Windows. Is there a place I can search the archives of this list? If so,
> I'll read that first.
>
> If not, here's what has been happening when I try....
>
> I first created a DOS partion for my entire hard drive, install Windows
98,
> then attempted to install Mandrake through the lnx4win.exe program...it
> started the install, but crashed hard right before the partition step.
(So,
> I though I may have to create a DOS partion that is smaller, leaving room
> for the Linux partition on the same hard drive).
>
> I then restarted, formated a DOS partiton of 3.5 Gb, leaving about 2.9 Gb
> for Linux. I formatted, installed Windows 98, then tried to reinstall
> Mandrake and I crashed again at the same point. I set the swap partition
to
> 100 and user partition to 2000 (as to not exceed what was left).
>
> I also tried starting Mandrake from the boot disk and install on the Linux
> partition but it still keeps crashing.
>
> If someone can point me to list archives or point me in the right
direction
> I would appreciate it.
> Thanks,
> Tony Zoccolillo
>
>
>
