I use win 98 and redhat 6.0. Before on different partitions, now on different disks. I
use lilo and have not had any troubles at all (of that kind anyway).
> Does this problem occur with Red hat 6.0?
>
> I am going to creat dual-boot with Win98 and Red Hat Linux 6.0 or Mandrake
> Linux 5.3
> Should I woory about having the same problems as some of yuou have with the
> defrag?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stuart Burbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 02:51 AM
> Subject: Re: WINxx clobbering Linux.
>
>
> on 11:56 13/09/1999 +0800, Herman Aa,wrote
> >
> >I have trouble with WIN98(95) co-existing with Linux (RH 5.0).
>
> >Yesterday DEFRAG of D: wiped out enough of my Linux to require
> > a re-install.
>
> >How can I improve following setup to stop WIN98 from clobbering
> > my Linux?
>
> I've never been brave enough to experiment with dual booting systems for
> just
> this sort of reason. Instead I have Windows and Linux on separate drives
> each
> in a removable tray. There is a third drive fixed in the case and
> configured
> as primary slave which is useful if I need to share or transfer files
> between
> Windows and Linux.
>
> Of course the machine must be switched off each time you pull one tray out
> and
> slot the other in but then this does mean that each OS starts from a cold
> boot
> which is probably a good thing. If your two drives are a matching pair you
> don't even need to alter the bios when you change them.
>
> With this arrangement I can play and experiment as much as I want secure in
> the
> knowledge that however disastrous my fiddling may be in one OS the other is
> safely disconnected and can not be harmed. For peace of mind I recommend
> it.
> Stuart
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Real Geeks do it with the lid off !
> (A)bort, (R)etry, (T)ake down entire network?
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
