OK, Glenn,
We'll get you through this. First go back and read everything you
received in this thread.
>From reading just what you have said it seems strange linux set
up dos to be the default because usually its the other way around.
But let's assume that is true. You may still have lilo set up you just
need to intervene. Are you saying you don't see the word LILO
just before you boot into dos? If you DO see LILO then hit tab
and you will see your options. If you don't see LILO then you
need to do what I said in the first place.
But you don't need to go into Disk Druid because you only need
to fake an UPGRADE not do an install.
You will be allowed to edit the area where you saw the * by dos.
You won't be able to change that at this point but you can tell
it what your root partition is on your linux setup and give it a
name (label) which will show up when you hit tab key when you
see the word LILO during boot-up. You have about 10 seconds
to type in linux ( or what ever you used as label). If you just
look at it it will boot the default.
Your other option is to make a linux boot disk directly from the
cdrom. You can do this be letting dos boot to the dos prompt,
not windows. Then access your cd-rom to make the boot disk.
Actually, I haven't needed to do that. I just make 'm like I
explained before.
This is the easy part. Wait til you get in a little deeper. I'll be
a newbie for months to come :-)
**This is important** almost slipped by me. Check how many
cylinders your hard drive is set up with in your bios if you haven't
already. Your linux root or (boot) partition if you have a separate
/boot partition (and so far you don't) must be under the 1024th
cylinder. By under I mean less than. If that is the problem and
you have a modern motherboard and bios you may be able
to pick a different CHS to satisfy this requirment. If not you
will have to create at least a /boot partition up near the start
of the drive. I you have Partition Magic this is not too hard to
move partitions around.
Get back with us.
Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Install woes
>On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 12:07:41 -0600, you 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
>
>First question....why do you have 2gigs set aside as your swap
>partition. That is excessive...to put it mildly. For what you would
>prob need, 100-200 megs would be maximum size needed for your swap
>partition.
>
>>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.
>
>LILO is not a directory......and when he described you being able to
>make a boot floppy, using that boot floppy will put u into linux which
>WILL allow you to setup LILO properly and WILL allow you access your
>linux drive. I do recommend you use a much smaller swap partition.
>>
>>glenn
>>
>>----- 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
>>> >
>>>
>
>
