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Old 11-08-2003, 10:38 PM   #1
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Interesting, just a subject and no question or comment.

So I'll assume you want to know how to set up a dual-boot. It's simple, or it's hard if you want to be hard.
1) Decide how much space you want for each OS such as Windoze and some Linux distro.

2) Install Windoze, but don't allow it to take all the hard drive space.

3) Install Linux on the remaining hard drive space. At some point near the end of the installation, usually, it will ask you to install a boot loader.

4) Install Lilo or Grub to the MBR of your first bootable hard drive. Tell Lilo or Grub what OSes you have.

5) When you are done installing, reboot. Select the OS that you want from the Lilo or Grub menu.
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Old 11-08-2003, 10:45 PM   #2
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I have two hard different hard drives. Can this boot installer still work if I have two hard drives instead of one hard drive separated into two partitions?
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Old 11-20-2003, 08:38 PM   #3
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Yes. I highly recommend putting M$ Windoze on the first harddrive. DOS and windoze 95/98/ME only work on the primary partition of the first harddrive... Windoze NT/2000/XP have a bit more flexibility about where they can be installed but still prefer the primary partition. Linux has no boundaries so its just less stressful to install it after windoze.
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Old 11-20-2003, 09:53 PM   #4
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lilo will be installed automaticaly for you and it runs smoth
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