How to set up multi-boot system?k

[gnarayan at WPI.EDU (Narayan Gangadhar)]

Hi guys

 I have a doubt. I had installed
LINUX my comp and windows -95.
I had a lilo loader installed.

 Later on i installed windows -98
and suddenly the liloloader
disappeared. The comp direcly
booted in Windows -98.

any reasons ?


On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> Rob,
> Please keep us informed. I did play around with the hiden stuff at one
> point where I was trying to get Windoz to allocate drive letters a certain
> way. BTW: I did try to put Linux on a logical partition and had some
> trouble booting, buit at the time I was in a hurry so I did not follow up.
> It may very well have been a cockpit error.
> On 20-Aug-99 rir at mediaone.net wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Jerry Feldman {75562} wrote:
> > 
> >> Derek Martin wrote:
> >> 
> >> > I don't think this is true, but even if it is I'm positive that
> >> > windows
> >> > does not need to be on the first one, because I've done this before.
> >> > So
> >> > you can use partition magic to move/resize partitions, and install dos
> >> > on
> >> > the hda1 partition, if need be.
> >> Windows itself (3.1,95, and 98) can certainly be placed on any
> >> partition. 
> >> I am still under the impression that DOS must be on the "C:" drive (or
> >> floppies), even when using LILO as a boot manager. 
> >> 
> > 
> > Just to summarize.
> > 
> > PQ's Partition Magic w/ it's Boot Magic is made just for this type
> > of thing.
> > 
> > xx-DOS needs to be within the first two gigs of the drive, and may
> > work on the second drive.  On a primary partition.
> > 
> > WIN98 needs to be on the first drive. On a primary partition.  Within
> > the the first 8 gigs (but I didn't fool with Large drive settings).
> > 
> > PM indicates that linux can be put in logical partitions on the
> > first drive with the usual caveat regarding 1024 cylinders.
> > 
> > I ended up using bootmagic as the loader, it sets various partitions
> > as "hidden" depending upon the OS loaded.  I haven't yet looked to 
> > see what "hidden" means.. 
> > 
> > Thanks to all respondents.
> > 
> > rob
> > rir at mediaone.net
> > 
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