Re: Dual Boot with XP

2002-05-29 Thread Alberto Cabello Sanchez
It seems OK. Window$ (the Pseudo OS) is not so hostile to Linux, it simply ignores it. It would be nicer 1: install XP to /dev/null (here, there is lots of space) El Tue, May 28, 2002 at 10:17:23PM +0100, Keith O'Connell escribió: > > I am surprised - I was under the impression that XP was hos

Re: Dual Boot with XP

2002-05-28 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 10:17:23PM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: > I am surprised - I was under the impression that XP was hostile to > Linux and you had to be sneaky to get it to work. So, am I right then; > > 1: install XP to hda1 > 2: install Debian to hdb1-7 > 3: install lilo

Re: Dual Boot with XP

2002-05-28 Thread Steve Juranich
> 1: install XP to hda1 > 2: install Debian to hdb1-7 > 3: install lilo to hda > 4: edit lilo.conf as above > 5: run lilo > 6: reboot and select as appropriate > > Is the right things in the right order? That's the order I'd recommend. That's what I did with m

Re: Dual Boot with XP

2002-05-28 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 23:17, Keith O'Connell wrote: > I am surprised - I was under the impression that XP was hostile to > Linux and you had to be sneaky to get it to work. So, am I right > then; > > 1: install XP to hda1 > 2: install Debian to hdb1-7 > 3: install lilo to hda >

Re: Dual Boot with XP

2002-05-28 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Keith O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Steve, > > > Better yet, add this to /etc/lilo.conf: > > > > other=/dev/hda1 > > label=WinXP > > > > This works splendidly for me. YMMV. > > I am surprised - I was under the impression that XP was hostile to > Linux and you had to be sneaky t

Re: Dual Boot with XP

2002-05-28 Thread Keith O'Connell
Steve, > Better yet, add this to /etc/lilo.conf: > > other=/dev/hda1 > label=WinXP > > This works splendidly for me. YMMV. I am surprised - I was under the impression that XP was hostile to Linux and you had to be sneaky to get it to work. So, am I right then; 1: install XP to

Re: Dual Boot with XP

2002-05-28 Thread Steve Juranich
Better yet, add this to /etc/lilo.conf: other=/dev/hda1 label=WinXP This works splendidly for me. YMMV. -- Stephen W. Juranich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electrical Engineering http://

Dual Boot with XP

2002-05-28 Thread Keith O'Connell
Hi, A quick question. This weekend I need to install Debian and Win XP on the same machine (XP on hda1 and Linux on hdb1-7). I want to know if the procedure is the same as it was when I last did this, with Windows NT, by creating a bootsect.lnx file and editing c:\boot.ini to point at the linux