If you have NT, you can use a utility such as "bootpart" to add a line to the boot.ini which lets you boot to linux from the NT boot loader. I would suggest using a sperate partion or drive for Linux, you'll need one for swap anyway. I have win95, 2 versions of NT (workstaion 4 and server 5), and Linux all booting from the NT loader.
Michael Barker Technician ATL Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 1998 2:48 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Linux on top of win95 > > I know Linux can be installed ontop of a dos partition. Can it be > installed on top of Win 95 or NT. I need to know this because > although I > run linux at home my office is NT and 95. I would like to be able to > boot > to linux in the office in order to work on some of my personal > projects > when I have free time at lunch or after work. How safe is this way of > running Debian? Is there any chance of it damaging either my office > computer or the network. (The network is currently 2 base t, but will > be > upgraded to 10 base t) My boss absolutely refuses to allow me run > linux > as a normal part of the network. Lets be frank, I want to run linux > during lunch and after work. But I do not want to lose my job. Can I > do > it? How? Thank You > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .