On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Glenn White wrote:
> you are ofcourse assuming I can even get to a Linux '/' prompt. I cant do
> anything with 'cause when it comes back up (the system) it has Win98
> instead. I have my disk divided as follows,
>
> 1 = Win98 - fat32 6gigs
> 2 = fat32 2gigs
> 3 = Linux native 5gigs
> 4 = Linux Swap 2gigs
>
> When I go thru druid I point out these (3 & 4) and have them used as my
> Linux partitions. It accepts it and we move on when I get to the point of
> the LILO, it seems to work just as well, however I do remember the '*' being
> on the Linux partitions and it not letting me select the fat32 partition,
> but it still completes with out incident, and it just does not work the way
> I am doing it. So you see I cant even get to the directories that you are
> reffering to cause I cant get the dual boot option.
>
> glenn
When the screen appears thats asks "Install or Upgrade, there is an open
conosle on tty2,
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hugahog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Install woes
>
>
> > Here is one way. Boot with the installation CD-Rom and select "upgrade".
> > A little later you will have the opportunity of editing its selections of
> ,
> > say yes
> > but don't change anything, just indicate your are done. You should then be
> > given the opportunity to make a boot disk and maybe even have lilo
> installed
> > on your boot mbr ( I forget exactly about that) either way you're all set
> > then.
> > If all you get is the boot disk you can go into linux and edit your
> > /ect/lilo.conf
> > file to show dos/linux and the priority of booting.If you do edit
> lilo.conf
> > (as
> > root) you will then need to run /sbin/lilo to have it go into effect.
> > Larry
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 11:27 AM
> > Subject: [newbie] Install woes
> >
> >
> > >I have recently purchased the retail version on Mandrake ver 6.5, I tried
> > installing
> > >several different ways, I have Win98 on my primary partition, with
> > SysytemCommander
> > >booting up. First I tried by going thru the System Commander, however it
> > does not
> > >recogniges the floppy as an install disk for the OS, so next I remove
> > SystemCommander
> > >and I was going to use LILO to do the switch between the two. However
> > after it said
> > >install was complete ( and I always try the defaults first) I rebooted
> the
> > system only
> > >to have Win98 come up on its own, I am aparently doing something wrong
> but
> > the
> > >Documents dont stipulate anything that I may be doing wrong, and I bought
> > just for the
> > >documents, other wise I just would have used the copy I got from the
> > COMDEX99 in
> > >Vagas!
> > >
> > >Any help at all would be greatly appreciated, Ive pretty much gave up
> until
> > I can get
> > >such help. I tried to sign up for support for the version I bought thru
> > the
> > >Macmillian Pub. but they make it too damn difficult to do so.
> > >
> > >So he I sit in my dark corner looking for a way into the light!
> > >
> > >glenn
> > >
> >
>
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