Re: Re!possible!!

["SHURAJIT GOPALAKRISHNAN" <SHURAJIT@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dr. Sriram !

Thank you for the detailed guidance.  I'll certainly try that out.  Wish me
good luck!

Regards,

Shurajit


-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. P. Sriram <sriram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: Re!possible!!


>
>On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 bhaskar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> It is possible to install Linux 5.2 on the d drive. In fdisk make your
>> d-drive (may be, hda2) as your linux partition.But install LILO on you
>> MBR.
>> If LILO  gives some problem, during reboot ->
>> (when you reboot). LILO can not write to the MBR directly when Win95 is
>> already there. Make boot floppy for your sytem at the end of
installation.
>
>not clearly stated! lilo, of course, can overwrite you mbr whether win95
>is installed or not. the problem is a bit different and is quite well
>known and well documented. the kernel must reside on disk below a certain
>limit; if you already have win95 installed, it most probably is on the
>first partition on the hard disk and the partition is probably 1 gb or
>more - and this will put you above the limit of where the kernel has to
>be. so, lilo will not be able to boot your kernel and you will need to
>boot linux from a floppy. to get around this, basically, you will have to
>repartition your disk and create a small partition below the limit where
>you put the kernel and then you can use lilo to boot your kernel and live
>happily ever after; you can use fips or some such package to
>non-destructively create a partition at the low end of your disk. of
>course, if you want to live really happily ever after, you would start by
>wiping out your windows partition and go with a linux only system :)
>the newer redhat installs support a /boot partition in which the kernel(s)
>are kept and only this partition needs to be at the low end of your disk.
>
>sriram
>
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