[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> After loading most of the .deb files to my Linux partition on hda, dselect
> ran out of space to actually install! I finally decided to just start over.
> I have swapped the hard drives around so DOS is on hda and Linux is now
> re-installed from floppy on hdc. The system would not automatically
> configure to boot from hdc and I want to have a dual-boot system for DOS
> and Linux. I know DOS 'needs' to be on the first hard drive, that's why I
> swapped them. How do I configure LILO to dual-boot this set-up? My current
> etc/lilo.conf reads:
>
> boot=
> root=/dev/hdc1
> compact
> install=/boot/boot.b
> map=/boot/map
> vga=normal
> delay=20
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Linux
> read-only
>
> The DOS drive, hda is now mounted at /dos. I can then use hyperterm to load
> the .deb packages to the /dos drive to install.
> Sorry for the simple question but, I've looked through my past E-Mails and
> the how-to's and can't seem to find instructions for this. ( I'm probably
> blind by this stage, but I am determined to get Linux up and running on
> this machine if it kills me!)
> Thanks again for all your assistance and understanding.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Gay
>
Are you using DOS's boot-up menu? If you are, then using loadlin is
easier
then lilo. You can make Linux an option on DOS's boot menu, and run linux
directly from config.sys.
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