[TriLUG] RH9 Dual Boot with Win98
Steven Blanchard
sgblanch at email.unc.edu
Thu Aug 14 18:21:42 EDT 2003
I usually remove the windows disk as a just in case. Also, I generally
put the linux disk first and the windows disk second. You have to map
the drives in the bootloader so windows will actually boot. Both LILO
and GRUB can handle it. That way the linux and windows drives are
completely independent of each other.
the lilo way:
other = /dev/hdb1
label = dos
map-drive = 0x80
to = 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80
the grub way:
grub> map (hd0) (hd1)
grub> map (hd1) (hd0)
good grub reference: http://www.mcc.ac.uk/Documentation/grub/
HTH
~Steven Blanchard
Ian Meyer wrote:
> i jsut thought of something
>
> to make sure i dont mess with the win disk at all, can i take it out and
> do the install to the other HD, then put the Win HD back in, and set the
> boot loader? or is it alright to leave both drives in and just let it
> set up the boot loader itself?
>
> tia
> ian
>
>
> On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 17:30, Roy Vestal wrote:
>
>> bcwipepd.exe runs from a DOS floppy (sorry bout that).
>>
>> bcwipepd /? gives you the command line switches.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ian Meyer" <ianmeyer at mac.com>
>> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] RH9 Dual Boot with Win98
>>
>>
>>> what do i wipe through? will win98 do it? or the RH installer? how do i
>>> run the BCWipe?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> ian
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 10:55, Roy Vestal wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ian,
>>>> It will work fine. I've done that with my gaming box at home, Win98SE
>>>> and
>>>> RHL 9. I would recommend you blank the HDD before loading if you can.
>>>> www.jetico.com has BCWipe, a nice wipe program. If not, it should be
>>>> ok.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Ian Meyer" <ianmeyer at mac.com>
>>>> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:27 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] RH9 Dual Boot with Win98
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> im thinking that ill just wait for the next ncsulug installfest and
>>>>> get
>>>>> her to tote the computer up to state and just do it there where i can
>>>>> get some hands on help[ before i kill her computer on accident
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> ian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 9:14, Frye, Matthew wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've done RH9 and Winders98, but on the same disk partitioned. Only
>>>>>> problem
>>>>>> I run into is Winders freezes up after I've been in RH9 before it.
>>>>>> Haven't
>>>>>> had time to troubleshoot that, otherwise the setup's grand.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----------
>>>>>>> From: Chris Bullock[SMTP:cgbullock at cox.net]
>>>>>>> Reply To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:02 AM
>>>>>>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] RH9 Dual Boot with Win98
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Never done it with RH9 or multiple HDs but I am currently dual
>>>>>>> booting
>>>>>>> Mandrake 9.0 and Win98. I am sure it is simple to do, just when you
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> creating you partitions create a windows partition with a fat
>>>>>>> filesystem. and be sure that your boot loader sees the windows
>>>>>>> share
>>>>>>> while installing.
>>>>>>> --chris
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ian Meyer wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello everyone. Here's what I've got. My mom has a very
>>>>>>>> tempermental
>>>>>>>> PC running Windoze98, and I happen to have a spare Hard Drive
>>>>>>>> laying
>>>>>>>> around. The HD is out of my iMac, but its a standard ATA66 IDE hard
>>>>>>>> drive, but with two HFS+ partitions on it. Can I format it with the
>>>>>>>> RH9 installer and then install RH9 on it?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What I want to do past that is leave in her existing HD and use it
>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> just Windows (because she'll still be booting into it from time to
>>>>>>>> time for some apps that she needs) and have the RH on the other
>>>>>>>> drive
>>>>>>>> and dual boot. I was thinking that it would be easiest to make the
>>>>>>>> "new" hard drive the master and put the boot loader and stuff on
>>>>>>>> it,
>>>>>>>> and make the windows drive the slave, would that work?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there anything else I need to know before I start doing this?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>>>> Ian Meyer
>>>>>>>> ianmeyer at mac.com
>>>>>>>> ijmeyer at unity.ncsu.edu <-- New! WOOHOO!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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