Hi John,
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==========[John]==========
I tend to agree with Steve (?) in saying you should just
use LILO and manually type in "dos" (or whatever you've
labled it) if you want Windows or "enter" for Linux (or
wait for the timeout <G>)
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(Russ)----------------------------
I am not the only one in the house that will be using this computer so
I was striving to make it as easy as possible for them. Besides the
fact that I was unaware that LILO did this. Oh well.
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I would MANUALLY repartition and not screw with System
Commander.
(Russ)---------------------------
I have done this several times in DOS\Win installs. But again, this
was suppose to make it easier.
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I've also
installed Linux on an existing Windows machine three or
four times now with no difficulties. The main problem lies
in creating a partition for Linux that's compatible with
Windows.
(Russ)---------------------------
Did you do the Linux install after Windows was installed or did you
set it up all at once?
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Another thing you should look for is the check-box
for "make partition growable." You should NOT check that
box if you intend on keeping an existing Windows partition
active....
(Russ)----------------------------
Uhhhhhhhh, another mistake :-/ I know I did this one on my last
install. Could it be that that is why it messed up my DOS partitions?
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[John]
Yet another reason for manually repartitioning. OTOH, you
MAY want to create a partition for /home (500 megs or
so???) and one for /usr, and maybe one for "raw storage"
under Linux. One advantage to this is that it won't require
a reformat of /home if you have to reinstall or upgrade.
(Russ)--------------------------
So much to learn...........Incidently, I also want to install VMWare
so I can run windows from with in Linux
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UGH! :-) Oh, well...to each his own. :-) The main thing I
didn't like about GNOME was that there were no "hard edges"
on any of the desktops by default. :-)
(Russ)---------------------
May I ask what you mean by "hard edges"? I was only able to play with
it for a few hours before I re-installed Win98 over it (I'm getting
good at that)
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