Re: Which Boot Manager?
Some justification is in its place here: 1) I multi-boot the next systems: - DOS 6.22 / Win95 (neetly split by system commander) - Win NT 4 - Linux (work partition) - Linux (test partition) - (not booting: 2x data and swap) 2) System commander has a user managment system that allows you to setup users. You can deny users to boot partitions and/or see data partitions. 3) It easy to setup and use. Regards, Onno At 11:00 PM 2/8/00 +, Sean Johnson wrote: >I don't understand why anyone using Linux would resort to 3rd party >proprietary software to manage their boot-up. LILO will allow for as >many different OS boots as you are able to make partitions for. If you >have some beef with LILO, then there is always grub. > >Personally I've always been well served by LILO and feel it is an >extremely useful boot up manager. > >Take a look at man lilo, and you'll see what I mean. > >Sean > >Onno wrote: >> >> I use System Commander. >> >> Regards, >> >> Onno >> >> At 01:05 AM 2/5/00 +, Lane Lester wrote: >> >I currently have Win 98 and NT along with Corel Linux on my system. >> >CL's lilo lets me go with either Linux or Windows, and NT's boot >> >manager lets me pick between 98 and NT. >> > >> >I just bought McCarty's _Learning Debian GUN/Linux_, and I'd like to >> >install the Debian that came with it. >> > >> >Can you tell me how to manage the booting between all these guys? I >> >installed Power Quest's Boot Magic, but after it started, my screen >> >went black and stayed that way. I had a dickens of a time getting back >> >to my original setup. >> > >> >I don't know why Boot Magic wouldn't work, although their Web site >> >acknowledges that it can happen. I do use EZ-drive to manage the two >> >10-gig drives in my system. >> > >> >So is there an approach I can use that will manage these OSes? >> >Preferably without having to reinstall any that are already there? >> > >> > >> >Lane >> > >> > >> >Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA >> > >> >Coming to you through Corel Linux >> > > >
Re: Which Boot Manager?
I don't understand why anyone using Linux would resort to 3rd party proprietary software to manage their boot-up. LILO will allow for as many different OS boots as you are able to make partitions for. If you have some beef with LILO, then there is always grub. Personally I've always been well served by LILO and feel it is an extremely useful boot up manager. Take a look at man lilo, and you'll see what I mean. Sean Onno wrote: > > I use System Commander. > > Regards, > > Onno > > At 01:05 AM 2/5/00 +, Lane Lester wrote: > >I currently have Win 98 and NT along with Corel Linux on my system. > >CL's lilo lets me go with either Linux or Windows, and NT's boot > >manager lets me pick between 98 and NT. > > > >I just bought McCarty's _Learning Debian GUN/Linux_, and I'd like to > >install the Debian that came with it. > > > >Can you tell me how to manage the booting between all these guys? I > >installed Power Quest's Boot Magic, but after it started, my screen > >went black and stayed that way. I had a dickens of a time getting back > >to my original setup. > > > >I don't know why Boot Magic wouldn't work, although their Web site > >acknowledges that it can happen. I do use EZ-drive to manage the two > >10-gig drives in my system. > > > >So is there an approach I can use that will manage these OSes? > >Preferably without having to reinstall any that are already there? > > > > > >Lane > > > > > >Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA > > > >Coming to you through Corel Linux > >
Re: Which Boot Manager?
I use System Commander. Regards, Onno At 01:05 AM 2/5/00 +, Lane Lester wrote: >I currently have Win 98 and NT along with Corel Linux on my system. >CL's lilo lets me go with either Linux or Windows, and NT's boot >manager lets me pick between 98 and NT. > >I just bought McCarty's _Learning Debian GUN/Linux_, and I'd like to >install the Debian that came with it. > >Can you tell me how to manage the booting between all these guys? I >installed Power Quest's Boot Magic, but after it started, my screen >went black and stayed that way. I had a dickens of a time getting back >to my original setup. > >I don't know why Boot Magic wouldn't work, although their Web site >acknowledges that it can happen. I do use EZ-drive to manage the two >10-gig drives in my system. > >So is there an approach I can use that will manage these OSes? >Preferably without having to reinstall any that are already there? > > >Lane > > >Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA > >Coming to you through Corel Linux > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >
Re: Which Boot Manager?
On Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 01:05:09AM +, Lane Lester wrote: : I currently have Win 98 and NT along with Corel Linux on my system. : CL's lilo lets me go with either Linux or Windows, and NT's boot : manager lets me pick between 98 and NT. : : I just bought McCarty's _Learning Debian GUN/Linux_, and I'd like to : install the Debian that came with it. : : Can you tell me how to manage the booting between all these guys? I : installed Power Quest's Boot Magic, but after it started, my screen : went black and stayed that way. I had a dickens of a time getting back : to my original setup. : : I don't know why Boot Magic wouldn't work, although their Web site : acknowledges that it can happen. I do use EZ-drive to manage the two : 10-gig drives in my system. : : So is there an approach I can use that will manage these OSes? : Preferably without having to reinstall any that are already there? Yes. Use the NT bootloader as your starting point. See the fine mini-HOWTO on the subject (available at several places including http://debian.midco.net/doc/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html). -- Nathan NormanNetwork Magician, Eclectic Engineer GPG Key ID 1024D/51F98BB7 Key fingerprint = C5F4 A147 416C E0BF AB73 8BEF F0C8 255C 51F9 8BB7 pgp7K7o0jaXD5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Which Boot Manager?
if gets to the point where nothing else works, you can always use loadlin, boot linux from dos mode. just need a copy of the kernel on a dos accessable partition, and loadin.exe then its easy to make a batch file for each distribution. or you can search the www to see how to add linux to nt's boot menu, its a *little* more complicated involves copying the boot info from linux to a file.. for your situation though, with that ezdrive software(curse it silently) i'd probably go with loadlin if i was in your position. if you use loadlin though make sure to do it from dos mode(safe dos mode) to avoid any drivers/etc loading before. nate On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Lane Lester wrote: lleste >I currently have Win 98 and NT along with Corel Linux on my system. lleste >CL's lilo lets me go with either Linux or Windows, and NT's boot lleste >manager lets me pick between 98 and NT. lleste > lleste >I just bought McCarty's _Learning Debian GUN/Linux_, and I'd like to lleste >install the Debian that came with it. lleste > lleste >Can you tell me how to manage the booting between all these guys? I lleste >installed Power Quest's Boot Magic, but after it started, my screen lleste >went black and stayed that way. I had a dickens of a time getting back lleste >to my original setup. lleste > lleste >I don't know why Boot Magic wouldn't work, although their Web site lleste >acknowledges that it can happen. I do use EZ-drive to manage the two lleste >10-gig drives in my system. lleste > lleste >So is there an approach I can use that will manage these OSes? lleste >Preferably without having to reinstall any that are already there? lleste > lleste > lleste >Lane lleste > lleste > lleste >Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA lleste > lleste >Coming to you through Corel Linux lleste > lleste > lleste >-- lleste >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null lleste > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 1:18pm up 169 days, 1:29, 2 users, load average: 1.01, 1.02, 1.00
Which Boot Manager?
I currently have Win 98 and NT along with Corel Linux on my system. CL's lilo lets me go with either Linux or Windows, and NT's boot manager lets me pick between 98 and NT. I just bought McCarty's _Learning Debian GUN/Linux_, and I'd like to install the Debian that came with it. Can you tell me how to manage the booting between all these guys? I installed Power Quest's Boot Magic, but after it started, my screen went black and stayed that way. I had a dickens of a time getting back to my original setup. I don't know why Boot Magic wouldn't work, although their Web site acknowledges that it can happen. I do use EZ-drive to manage the two 10-gig drives in my system. So is there an approach I can use that will manage these OSes? Preferably without having to reinstall any that are already there? Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Coming to you through Corel Linux
