install questions

[Scott Prive]

Regarding LILO or GRUB:

Choose whichever one that your closest UNIX guru knows best :-)

LILO problems can be cryptic, but there are years worth of problems & answers cached in Google.  

GRUB is new enough that if you have a problem, you might not know anyone who's got an instant answer. The May 2001 Linux Journal had a good GRUB article..

Either one should work well. I would suggest avoiding commercial bootloaders unless you have a strong reason for not using LILO/GRUB.


-Scott



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Sh [mailto:mnh_222 at lycos.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 5:45 PM
> To: discuss at blu.org
> Subject: install questions
> 
> 
> I have an older machine, Pentium 233 MMX, 256MB SDRAM, 512 
> cache, (2) Western Digital 8.4 GB HDD, 24X CDROM, 2X CDRW.
> I am presently running it as a Win ME machine, with the (C:\) 
> drive (hda) set as "primary master" and the (D:\) drive (hdb) 
> set as "primary slave".  The CDROM is set as the "secondary 
> master", with the CDRW set as "secondary slave".
> 
> My intention is to run a tri-boot machine letting Slackware 
> 8.1 and FreeBSD 4.6.2 split the second drive.  
> 
> I also have V-Com's System Commander 7.05 software available.
> 
> I ran RedHat 5.x a few years ago, successfully sharing a 
> single drive with Win9x and using an older version of system 
> commander.  
> 
> 1. Should I change the harddrives so that C:\ is primary 
> master and D:\ is secondary master?
> 
> 2. Should I use the  "System Commander" software?
> 
> 3. Should I install Slackware or FreeBSD first?  Does it matter?
> 
> This is a learning/re-learning experience, so I have no 
> problem trying something and going back to scratch...any 
> caveats, criticisms, or advice is appreciated.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Mike Shields
> 
> 
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