On Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 01:05:09AM +0000, Lane Lester wrote: : I currently have Win 98 and NT along with Corel Linux on my system. : CL's lilo lets me go with either Linux or Windows, and NT's boot : manager lets me pick between 98 and NT. : : I just bought McCarty's _Learning Debian GUN/Linux_, and I'd like to : install the Debian that came with it. : : Can you tell me how to manage the booting between all these guys? I : installed Power Quest's Boot Magic, but after it started, my screen : went black and stayed that way. I had a dickens of a time getting back : to my original setup. : : I don't know why Boot Magic wouldn't work, although their Web site : acknowledges that it can happen. I do use EZ-drive to manage the two : 10-gig drives in my system. : : So is there an approach I can use that will manage these OSes? : Preferably without having to reinstall any that are already there?
Yes. Use the NT bootloader as your starting point. See the fine mini-HOWTO on the subject (available at several places including http://debian.midco.net/doc/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html). -- Nathan Norman Network Magician, Eclectic Engineer GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7
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