Michael Beattie wrote: > > > > > I was able to set up Boot Manager such that when I showed the > > > > partition > > > > table, the fat15 partition was listed as drive c:, even when I was > > > > running Partition Magic out of the fat32/Win95 partition!! Very curious! > > > > ;) And when I boot up with a diskette, and switched to drive c:, I > > > > could tell by the size of the partition that I was looking at the fat16 > > > > partition. I ran sys c: and sure enough, the operating system showed up > > > > in that fat16 partition and it didn't overwrite the Win95/Fat32 > > > > partition files, because that partition was "hidden" to it at the time. > > > > > > I think I read somewhere that DOS/Windows has a habit of making the Boot > > > partition look like C: So when you boot Win95 it is on C: and Win3.11 on > > > D:, > > > then booting win3.11 swaps this... I cant remember where I read it or I'd > > > tell you :) > > > > > In the case where Partition Magic is in the mix, the boot partition is > > the one where PM is by itself (a small partition) and then it activates > > PM or the Boot manager?
I'm sorry: I meant Boot Manager -- I sometimes abbreviate it BM and miss-keyed that time. > > > the partition you select to boot. If you select Win95, then that > > partition becomes the c: partition and the next partition (in my case, > > the msdos partition where I want to put Win 3.1) becomes d: and the > > linux partition is of questionable status, probably UNKNOWN as far as > > either Win 95 or 3.1 is concerned. > > Sounds right... and when you boot 3.1 it brings it too the front and calls > it C: ?? win95 d: - linux unknown ?? I guess win95's FAT32 would be unknown > to win3.1 too... That's been a problem too: the Win 3.1 partition won't boot, but I hesitate to make too much of that since this is off-topic for this list. > > > > > > IMHO I think LILO is a perfectly good boot manager... If it is set up > > > right... I have absolutely stuffed a win95 partition with it before.. > > > But then again, what operating systems can LILO boot??? I only have > > > DOS/Win95 and Linux. > > > > Sounds as if you're suggesting using LILO as my overall boot manager > > rather than the Boot Manager that can be installed by Partition Magic? > > > > > > > > > One suggestion has been to use Partition Magic to "move" the Win95 > > > > partition up enough to make room for these boot records down at the > > > > bottom of the drive. Pretty scary that: moving the Win95 partition with > > > > all its contents and hoping that everything will still work. Comments? > > > > > > Partition Magic does a good, no excellent job.. I had no problems > > > whatsoever. > > > > > > > Even moving a Win 95 installation in a FAT32 partition? > > That I havent tried... but since PM has FAT32 Support, it should work?? <grin> So I come back to the warning in the Partition Magic manual and also in the Linux install HOW-TO: be sure to back up all the data first. :) -- --David E. Scott Ohio Administrative Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
