On 7 Feb 2002 at 21:03, JJG wrote: <SNIP> >> > Anyway, I now have the crazy idea that I want to leave NT installed and >> have >> > the machine choose it's OS on boot. (Like I won't already have enough to >> > learn w/ linux). >> >> Dammit Neo, ONE pill. Pick ONE pill! If the machine had it's way, it would >> prefer Linux. :) I just want to know which you'll have boot by default. > >Which ever one is running properly. :) This box was originally an NT server >at one point so I knew resource wise it was capable. I don't really need >the box to be fast just work so I can learn. FYI, The NT install went >smooth but I still don't have the networking going. NT keeps telling me >that the Linksys DHCP server won't give it an IP. I think the Linksys is >scared of letting it on the net ;-). We see if I get a chance to read up in >the networking essential book before the SCSI cable gets here. > >> I >> know it's possible to dual-boot Linux & NT. I installed RedHat on my laptop >> as a test before attempting Debian (nice to see the X config working once), >> and it detected my Windows 2K install and configured LILO to allow me to >> select either one. > >That is cool. I also remember reading something like "if you know you are >going to dual boot you should install windoz first. LILO will respect the >windoz partition but windoz will try to wipe out lilo."
This is exactly the case - Windows first, then anything else - because "anything else" tends to recognize that there are other OS in the world, and that someone might want to dual-boot. >> > I also want to have my 2 segate file storage drives >> accessible/readable by either OS. >> >> OK, that's going to be trickier. Using NT, you'll typically want to use >> NTFS. However, Linux support for read-write access on NTFS is currently >> experimental (and not too stable from what I recall). Read-only support >> works well. > >Bummer. I was really hoping you would tell me Linux could handle NTFS. >This may change my dual boot plans. > >> >> You could do something perverse like format them using FAT (does >> NT support >> FAT32? I don't recall) that would allow read-write access from both. > >No it does not. Fat 16 or NTFS only. Fat 16 would be a huge waste of >space. FAT16 will be your only choice, right now, for R/W access under both OSes. As noted above, NTFS support in Linux is still shaky. However, since FAT16 only allows maximum of 2GB partitions, you're going to be dividing up the drives quite a lot! I think you might consider Win98 / Linux, in order to allow use of FAT32. >> > If you remember, I have one 2gig maxtor SCSI and two 9 gig >> > Segate SCSIs for storage. I figure if the 2 segate's are accessible by >> > either OS, If I trash one OS I can still get to my files via the other. >> Is >> > this possible? >> >> Yes, it's definitely possible IF you select a filesystem both can >> understand. FAT may fit the bill, but it has it's annoyances on either OS. >> *gag* So much for RAID, eh? :) > >All the raid I was planning on was striping for speed and to join the >drives. I believe you said I could join the drives to one mount point with >LN? If so, I don't really need the raid. Yes, improved speed would be >nice, but it's not like the drives will be taking hits from lots of users at >once. > >I will have to think about it some more. Especially since fat 16 looks like >my only choice of common ground. It might not be worth the hassle. <SNIP> Yeah, that is a problem with dual-boot OSes; it's hard to find a hard drive format that everyone can agree on. Anthony J. Albert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "Ta'Lon, is that you?" "It's me most days, except for those days when I don't feel quite like myself and I suppose that I am someone else, but for now, yes, it is me." -G'Kar and Ta'Lon, Babylon 5 episode: _The_Ragged_Edge_ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
