Dear Osamu,
I was offended by several of your usages like :
"Judging from your question... Not for you." , etc.
I have done OS - installations before (including dual-boots) .
I also know that there is a very high probability for data loss .
My intention was not school boyish C programming ,
and I thought I made my desire clear :-
1. I did not have the resources to buy enough floppies or so , for a total
data back-up .The ones I have are all for official purposes.
I KNOW THAT A BACKUP IS ESSENTIAL.
2. I am now left in a position where I need my data , can't afford
a backup AND CAN ONLY SHIFT DATA ON THE
HARD DISK (from partition to partition).
My question was context-specific and not a generic question .
-- Shyam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Osamu Aoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: A safe approach whereby , I can have Debian on a Windows partition
,
sans data loss
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On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 10:03:36AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Could somebody please advice me on a safe approach whereby , I can
> have Debian on a Windows partition , sans data loss . ie : I want both
> the OSes , for different reasons .
If you need POSIX under windows for school C programming lesson, go
cygwin (pointer given in previous question)
If you need LINUX on windows, there is a way but it is very complicated
if you want to do it with Debian.
> Can somebody who has done a similar thing , please outline what steps
> are to be taken to this end , such that it is 100% certain that no
> data loss will ever occur.
Judging from your question... Not for you.
Assume 100% chance of dataloss when you first play installing OS
including Windows. :-)
And, it is easier to install Linux normally.
> I am planning to clear off the 'E:' of Windows (I am having an 8.44 GB
> HDD)i (COPIED from another post of yours)
| | Start | | End | Start |Number of|
Part.|bootable|Head Cyl. Sector|System|Head Cyl. Sector| Sector |Sectors | MB
-----+--------+----------------+------+----------------+--------+---------+----
1 | yes | 1 0 1| 0Bh| 254 256 63| 63| 4128642|2015
2 | no | 0 257 1| 0Fh| 254 1023 63| 4128705| 12370050|6040
3 | no | 0 0 0| 00h| 0 0 0| 0| 0| 0
4 | no | 0 0 0| 00h| 0 0 0| 0| 0| 0
Why not install Debian/linux and lilo in /dev/hda2 (What you call D:)
Install Debian MBR in /dev/hda
Leave functioning windoze in /dev/hda (C:) as is.
Read documents at http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp
You have got a lots of homeworks to do.
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