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04-27-2003, 11:22 AM
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dual boot question
I wish to set up my machine as a dual boot Windows 98 SE/Linux machine and I have a couple of questions:
My machine has two hard disks. One is my primary with Windows installed on it and it is a 40GB drive. The other hard disk is a 6GB drive I use to store pics, music, etc., and this is where I plan to install Linux. I'm going to format the drive before the installation and let Linux set up the partitions. 1. Can I set this up so I have a choice at startup to either use Windows or Linux? How do I do that? 2. If not, how can I switch to Linux if I have the computer start up in Windows. I'm just starting my education as a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator, and I keep hearing that regardless of your network specialization(Microsoft or Novell) it's good to know as much Unix(Linux) as possible, so I want to play around a little with the OS to have some experience with it. Any other info anyone can shoot my way will be helpful. I've learned alot just from reading these other threads. Just for the record, I'll be installing a copy of Red Hat 7.0 I got with a copy of "Linux for Dummies" I picked up at a book sale.
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04-27-2003, 11:47 AM
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Installing Linux on the other partition is fairly easy… Just follow the steps and towards the end it will ask you what boot loader you wish to choose…. Graphical or text… but of course it depends on the flavor of Linux you are running… I have used Redhat and Mandrake…. And both of these gave me a choice on which boot loader…
Once you have it installed when you boot your computer you will be presented with two options… . Linux or Windows… Just choose which you wish to boot and that’s it… |
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04-27-2003, 01:58 PM
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does it matter that I'm installing to a differant hard disk intstead of a differant partition on the same disk?? Do I have to set up anything in BIOS?
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04-27-2003, 02:22 PM
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It doesnt matter that its going to be on another drive...
The only think you will have to do in the Bios is to set the boot order to boot from CD if you are using a Bootable CD to install Linux.... or Floppy if you are installing from a Bootable floppy.... Good Luck Last edited by Doobie; 04-27-2003 at 02:26 PM. |
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04-28-2003, 06:35 AM
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This was on The Screen Savers a couple of nights ago, looks pretty interesting.
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/h...425846,00.html |
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04-28-2003, 06:56 AM
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Excellent article Mike
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04-28-2003, 12:01 PM
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wow. Thanks Mike!
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05-04-2003, 03:41 PM
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nice link!
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05-08-2003, 04:49 PM
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Dual booting is not painful, doing it in hardware IS a painful solution to a simple problem.
Don't get me wrong, I am a TechTV fan, but sometimes they do stuff just to do stuff. Between Kevin and Yoshi, they do a LOT OF STUFF !!Every OS needs some sort of boot load mechanism whether that OS is dual-booted with another OS or not. For Linux you can play hardware games, or not, but you still need a boot manager on the drive where it lives or on a drive that can get to where it lives. Grub and Lilo are the best two solutions. No soldering irons, no switches, no games -- just boot and select. |
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