Re: partitioning, dual booting(?)

Tek wrote: > What will allow me to drop to DOS and go through lilo? I think you mean drop to DOS and go through Loadlin, not lilo. Lilo is not accessed from DOS. It's a boot loader that gets installed in either the MBR, or in a partition boot sector. Loadlin, on the other hand, is a DOS based bo

partitioning, dual booting(?)

I'm not all that new to the Linux thing, but I want to install Debian 2.1 onto a 2.1 gig hard drive and be able to keep my other OS (sadly, Win98) until I can burn all my stuff to disc and convert my other HDD (8.6GB) to ext2. In any case, I'd just like to know how I can partition it correctly ...

Re: Partitioning/Dual Booting

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Important! >> >> 1 After changing /etc/lilo.conf, and especially after changing the >> kernel, you must run /sbin/lilo to update the boot map. > >Might I inquire as to what this bootmap stuff is about and why its >important? I've built

Re: Partitioning/Dual Booting

> Important! > > 1 After changing /etc/lilo.conf, and especially after changing the > kernel, you must run /sbin/lilo to update the boot map. Might I inquire as to what this bootmap stuff is about and why its important? I've built and used kernels 2.0.29,2.0.30,2.0.32,2.0.33 and

Re: Partitioning/Dual Booting

M. Phillips wrote: > > I'm a newby to the whole Linux/GNU/Debian system, being a long-time MS > devotee, and although I am very close to being sold on getting it, I have a > couple of questions to clear up first. > > 1: In the FAQ, section 3.4 >

Re: Partitioning/Dual Booting

"M. Phillips" wrote: >I'm a newby to the whole Linux/GNU/Debian system, being a long-time MS >devotee, and although I am very close to being sold on getting it, I have a >couple of questions to clear up first. > >1: In the FAQ, section 3.4 >

Re: Partitioning/Dual Booting

* "M. Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | 1: In the FAQ, section 3.4 | states that one | should partition a 1.6 GB hard disk with the following partitions: | " | ?30 MBytes for the root directory (/) | ?450 MBytes for /usr | ?50 MBytes for

Partitioning/Dual Booting

I'm a newby to the whole Linux/GNU/Debian system, being a long-time MS devotee, and although I am very close to being sold on getting it, I have a couple of questions to clear up first. 1: In the FAQ, section 3.4 states that one should par