Michael Beaver wrote:
> John,
>
> It would depend on wether or not you have formated the 2.5GB disk as FAT32
> (incld. w/Windows95 OSR2) If you have you would need a 3rd party tool like
> Partition Magic.
> But as always... backup first.
>
> Michael Beaver, MCP
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Burnette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> Seeking the lists advice:
> I currently have two hard drives in my machine, a 2.5gig and a 1gig.
> Windows 95 currently resides on the 2.5gig drive. I would like to install
> Mandrake on the 1gig drive and be able to have dual booting system. Can
> LILO reside on the MBR of the 2.5gig and pass off the boot process to the
> 1gig drive? If not, is there a way to go about doing this?
> Your thoughts are appreciated.
>
> John
> Indianapolis, IN
With the latest version of Mandrake (actually on 5.2), there were no problems
with this. Kernel 2.0.36 and above supports Fat32 along with LILO and all the
rest of the bits and pieces. If all the drives are present during the
install, and you're not overclocking the PC too badly (i had severe problems
until i discovered that i was seriously overclocking my Cyrix CPU!!), all
should go according to plan using the normal install procedure.
That said i have had many occasions on earlier kernels where things didn't go
according to plan, but have always managed to get there in the end ;-)
Martin.
