Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-30 Thread Mike Watson
All of these were fresh installs. Admin-myispnet wrote: > > then you must be doing something wrong...mandrake does it very nicely > > do a completely NEW/FRESH install ...don't do a upgrade...just do the > default install > > Mike Watson wrote: > > > > Admin-myispnet wrote: > > > > > Snip! > >

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Admin-myispnet
then you must be doing something wrong...mandrake does it very nicely do a completely NEW/FRESH install ...don't do a upgrade...just do the default install Mike Watson wrote: > > Admin-myispnet wrote: > > > Snip! > > I had mandrake 8.0 and 8.1 on the IDE, and IT setup everything great... > > a

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Watson
Admin-myispnet wrote: > Snip! > I had mandrake 8.0 and 8.1 on the IDE, and IT setup everything great... > and i was able to dual boot everything...just right. i understood, that > mandrake > is a modified version of redhat...why doesn't redhat setup everything > just like mandrake. > I don't wan

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Admin-myispnet
ok, first... I have redhat 7.1 installed on a separate 20 gig IDE HDD, setup as the primary IDE drive on a compag PII deskpro EN. I also have win98 setup on a primary scsi 9.1 gig HDD I had the lilo setup on the mbr of the 20 gig HDD with redhat installed on it I left the scsi with win98 alo

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread ABrady
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:18:55 -0500 Admin-myispnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > Man, I'm having the same trouble with two HDD... > I have redhat 7.1 pro version installed on a maxtor 20 gig HDD > setup as primary IDE master on a compaq deskpro en PII 400mghz... > and I have win98 2nd editon ins

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Admin-myispnet
Man, I'm having the same trouble with two HDD... I have redhat 7.1 pro version installed on a maxtor 20 gig HDD setup as primary IDE master on a compaq deskpro en PII 400mghz... and I have win98 2nd editon installed on a compaq scsi 9.1 gig HDD... on a scsi controller. Someone help...in order t

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Watson
I appreciate your responses. I can change the partitions on the purely Linux side, just not the Win98 partitions. I'll work on that and see what happens. Thanks, mw ABrady wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:58:40 -0600 > Mike Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > > > I know, but it's just su

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread ABrady
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:58:40 -0600 Mike Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: > I know, but it's just such a royal pain in the a**! > > I've looked at my RH 7.2 server---which is working just fine---and the > partition there (created by DiskDruid) in not on partition boundaries > either. GRUB wor

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Watson
I know, but it's just such a royal pain in the a**! I've looked at my RH 7.2 server---which is working just fine---and the partition there (created by DiskDruid) in not on partition boundaries either. GRUB works just fine and so did LILO whilst using RH 7.1 and earlier. mw ABrady wrote: > > O

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread ABrady
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:28:09 -0600 Mike Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> implied: Well, if you can't back it up to redo it, and you can't take it down to redo it either, you're stuck with bootdisks. That isn't the end of the world. As I said, I did it for a year or more. Just make sure you have 2 or mo

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Watson
See below... ABrady wrote: > > > > and someone wanted the partition layout of hda... > > > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2220 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > > /dev/hda1 * 1 256 2

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread ABrady
> and someone wanted the partition layout of hda... > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2220 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > >Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 256 2056288+ 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda2 257

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Watson
menting, > > adding two additional HDs to my Win98 box to try out various versions of > > Linux---just to see how they worked. > > > > I've had a common problem with Caldera 3.1, Mandrake 8.1 and RH7.2. I cannot dual > > boot for Win98 and Linux. > > > >

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread ABrady
- Original Message - From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Red Hat Mail List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 11:33 AM Subject: Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux > On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 17:00, Mike Watson wrote: > > I have a home LAN se

Re: Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread mike
two weeks, I've done some experimenting, > adding two additional HDs to my Win98 box to try out various versions of > Linux---just to see how they worked. > > I've had a common problem with Caldera 3.1, Mandrake 8.1 and RH7.2. I cannot dual > boot for Win98 and Linux. > &

Unable to dual boot with Win98 and Linux

2001-12-29 Thread Mike Watson
in98 box to try out various versions of Linux---just to see how they worked. I've had a common problem with Caldera 3.1, Mandrake 8.1 and RH7.2. I cannot dual boot for Win98 and Linux. The HD layout is: /dev/hdaWin98SE (18GB) boot partition /dev/hda1 /dev/hdbLinux (1.6GB) /

Re: win98 and linux

2001-01-17 Thread Pratik Ajmera
t; Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:29 PM Subject: Re: win98 and linux > Hi Mikkel, > > You are absolutely correct, of course. Given that he is installing Win98, > however, he will have to use FAT ad will be limited on the number of primary > partiitions. Also, since he sounded like

Re: win98 and linux

2001-01-16 Thread Kiran Kumar M
Kumar M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 1:49 AM > Subject: win98 and linux > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to install win98 , linux, and winNT in one system (20 > > G) harddisk. First I

Re: win98 and linux

2001-01-16 Thread Pratik Ajmera
sh Partition Manager. (I have it in march'00 CHIP CD) Bye & Best of Luck, Pratik Ajmera - Original Message - From: Kiran Kumar M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 1:49 AM Subject: win98 and linux > > Hi, > > I am tryi

Re: win98 and linux

2001-01-16 Thread Kevin Holmquist
Hi Mikkel, You are absolutely correct, of course. Given that he is installing Win98, however, he will have to use FAT ad will be limited on the number of primary partiitions. Also, since he sounded like he is new to Linux, I tried to keep it simple for him. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks! K

Re: win98 and linux

2001-01-16 Thread Amit Shah
- Original Message - From: "Kiran Kumar M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 1:49 AM Subject: win98 and linux | | Hi, | | I am trying to install win98 , linux, and winNT in one system (20 | G) harddisk. First I installed w

Re: win98 and linux

2001-01-15 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Kevin Holmquist wrote: > Hi Kiran, > > Assuming NT means NT 4.0, I think your issues revolve around your > partitition size. > > Try this: > > Make the first two partitions 2 gig in size. > Install Win98 on the first. > Install Windows NT on the second. > Make the remainin

Re: win98 and linux

2001-01-15 Thread Kevin Holmquist
Hi Kiran, Assuming NT means NT 4.0, I think your issues revolve around your partitition size. Try this: Make the first two partitions 2 gig in size. Install Win98 on the first. Install Windows NT on the second. Make the remaining space one partition and install Linux. Or, install linux on a thi

win98 and linux

2001-01-15 Thread Kiran Kumar M
Hi, I am trying to install win98 , linux, and winNT in one system (20 G) harddisk. First I installed win98, then I installed RedHat 7.0, It was installed successfully. But while exiting it given an warning message 2434 cyclinders.. , so I added 'lba32' in lilo.conf. I was suprised even lilo.