Gerald....I've already detailed, in an earlier message to b/web,
what he needs to do to accomplish what he wants. Basically what
that is, is to use BootMagic as the boot loader, and to have
Linux Mandrake 7 and Windows9x coexist and dual boot on a 17 gb
IDE drive.
What he needs to accomplish is to shrink his windows partition
down to fit totally before the 1024th cylinder so that BootMagic
will install in windows (otherwise, it won't install). He also
needs to leave 16-24 megs of space unused either before or after
the windows partition for a linux /boot partition, but both of
these partitions need to stay inside the 1024th cylinder
boundary.
Then he can partition the area beyond the 1024th cylinder
however he wants, so as to accomodate the Linux installation and
a D: drive for windows.
Alan
Gerald E Peck wrote:
>
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 06:56:32 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >[stuff deleted]
> > Wayne mentioned that he split his hard drive in half and put his
> > entire
> > C:\drive to the right and his "/" to the left of his C:\drive, this
> > made
> > actual sense to me, however I then had the question, do not 'dos'
> > and 'win'
> > require the same location below the 1024th cylinder in order to
> > boot?
> >
>
> Actually no, if I'm understanding what you're asking and trying to do.
>
> If you want to have a dual boot system you need a boot manager
> such as Lilo. "/boot" needs to be your first partition because this
> is where Lilo will write the information it needs to dual boot.
>
> Lilo boots from the information in "/boot" and then sends control
> to whichever OS you decide to start up. You actually boot Lilo, not
> an operating system. Then it starts an operating system.
>
> Once again, if I've missed some of the details or explained things
> slightly wrong anyone with better information please correct me.
> I'm only stating my understanding of how this works. :-)
>
> Gerald
