On Sun, 5 Dec 1999 07:56:49 +0000, Steven wrote:
>
>I don't use LILO, so I'm no expert on it. However, it is
>my understanding that it needs to be real.
That would be bad news
>
>> I would prefer to put Windows first, then OS/2 and Linux
>> in the last 1/3 or so.
>
>Why not put a small DOS partition as three and Linux as four?
>You can then boot Linux by using LOADLIN (in the DOS partition)
>instead of LILO. If you have no other use for the DOS partition,
>make it 2meg and boot Linux automatically from the autoexec.bat.
DOS has to be within the first fivehundredodd megabytes of a harddisk, and as I
already have a DOS-partition, I would use that one, but it is a bad alternative.
>
>Alternatively, it may be possible to execute LOADLIN from your OS/2
>partition (in which case you won't need a separate DOS partition).
>I've never used OS/2 so I don't know if this is possible. But I
>imagine OS/2 loads DOS first and then the GUI? Is it possible to
>branch (via menu) to LOADLIN before the GUI starts?
Well, Linux can not write to a HPFS-system, and I can not use FAT as I use
applications, that use long and even Unixstyle filenames (like .micqrc) OS/2 is an
operating
system, it boots OS/2 first, and with the GUI comes support for multiple, separate DOS
and Windows sessions.
I will have to deliver the Sundays papers first, when I get back I will start moving
things around on the disks, then I will try to install and report the results.
Per B.
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