Bernie wrote:
>
>
> 6.5 GB Drive:
> 6.5 GB DOS (bootable, divided in 512MB partitions (C to N)
>
> 10.1 GB Drive:
> 7.3 GB Linux (bootable, divided in some way, any ideas? I have 64MB of RAM)
> 2.8 GB Win95 (800MB + 2GB, both FAT16)
>
> 440MB Drive:
> 440MB Win95 (bootable, FAT16)
>
> I need some way to change between these OS on boot-up (I currently switch
> between DOS and Win95 in the BIOS by loading diffrent HDs). I have read the
> OS/2-Win95-Linux (or whatever) HowTo but I don't feel like installing OS/2
> just to get a boot-up option.
> Can Lilo handle this?
Yes. Read the LILO mini-HOWTO. Somewhere at the end are instructions for
faking DOS/Win to believe it is at primary master, first partition. It's
not hard.
> I'm also going to install Linux on my families P120 48MB RAM 1.3 GB HD -
> how should I divide this HD? A DOS partition (300-400MB) is probably good
> to have here.
Make the DOS partition the first partition. Then a small ('bout 32 MB)
swap partition, than the Linux partition. If the machine also runs Windows,
it's possible to have Linux and Windows use the same swap space.
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