Romanator...
btw, I have just installed RedHat 7.0, and it went quite well...one minus -
it does not include the new kernal...
nothing against Mandrake, you understand ;-) I like it very much, and
still run 7.0 on one of my "swap" drives... (i assume your reference to
Linux 7.2 was Mandrake 7.2...)
rbh
Linux User 193554
----- Original Message -----
From: "Romanator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Do you have Linux installed on separate partition or
drive?
> Erylon Hines wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > For specific reasons beyond my control, I still require Windows NT for
> > > certain applications.
> > > However, I prefer to work in a Linux environment.
> > > Do most people have Linux installed on a separate drive or partition?
> > > Is there a Linux boot loader that will acknowledge the second drive?
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > Roman
> > > Registered Linux User #179293
> >
> > Of course, I have Linux installed on separate partitons--I have
> > /,/home,/usr,/var,/tmp--all seperate, plus my NT partition, on a single
9 Gig
> > scsi drive. I don't have NT as NTFS, by the way, I'm using FAT for my
NT
> > partition, though I understand the newer distros can read NTFS, but I
also have
> > W98 on my network, so FAT is the choice for file sharing. I use the NT
Loader
> > as my bootloader, and have Linux as the default boot system. How this
is done
> > is fairly well documented on several websites--I saw one recently on a
site with
> > the unlikely name of "The Little White Dog" that explained how to use
the Win
> > 2000 loader to start Linux, but the instructions for NT are exactly the
same.
> > The only caution is that NT4 must be installed first (kinda like all
Windoze).
>
> I have installed WINT4. Next, is Linux 7.2 and/or Red Hat 7
>
> Thanks for responding.
>
> --
> Roman
> Registered Linux User #179293
>
