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  • 21-09-2001 12:39am
    #1
    seamus
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    Just installed Red Hat 7.0 tonight(finally), but as no doubt most of you are doing, I wanna dual boot with windows. Linux on one HD and Windows on another. Recommendations as to (free) software? Also, just so I don't go and fúck it up, what jumper settings do I put on my HD's, both on IDE 1. Thanks all......


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  • #2
    chernobyl
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    theres a little proggy called LiLo [not very well known] but its free and it does the trick..and oh yes...its already there on your machine.


  • #3
    phaxx
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    Eww, redhat. :) Slackware's my thing, but it's not for everyone.

    Anyway, You'd want to set the linux hdd as slave, and windows as master (it gets bitchy otherwise, I think)

    As for a bootloader to handle the dual-booting, I like the FreeBSD bootloader.

    ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/bootinst.exe
    ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/tools/boot.bin

    Download these two files, (only like 12/13k in total) drag boot.bin onto bootinst.exe and it's installed. No configuration needed, unlike LILO! When you boot, it detects what you have, and presents a list.


  • #4
    Trojan
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    Originally posted by chernobyl
    theres a little proggy called LiLo [not very well known]

    Not very well known??!

    but anyway, yeah the RH install will take you through it, maybe its a good idea to print out the install readme before you start if it's your first time installing it.

    Al.

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  • #5
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Cheers phaxx - that works pretty well. This LILO yoke though, how do I start it(I'm a total linux newbie) I notice when I boot up, it actually types in LILO itself and runs from there - whats that about?


  • #6
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,413 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    You can usually type "win" or "linux" to boot them up, depending on how it was installed. If you leave it for X seconds it starts the default OS.

    Al.

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  • #7
    phaxx
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    Or, you can use the FreeBSD bootloader above and avoid LILO entirely. :P


  • #8
    flamegrill
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    grrrrr RedHat another offensive distobution of Linux.

    heres what ya do, start from scratch again. cat /dev/random /dev/hda or hdb which ever has linux on it.

    then race to a mates house borrow his cd of Slackware/FreeBSD and install that.

    do not use RedHat, its *almost* as bad as using Ms Windows.

    No more Excuses Eircom.
    http://eircom.dahomelands.net


  • #9
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Phaxx - any way to configure that freeBSD 'cos it calls my disk1: ????, obviously some prob there, and it sets the last OS used as default, I want it to boot Windows as default, 'cos my parents havent a clue about comps so if they boot up and just see a login screen, they won't know what to do, and they'll hit the fúckin roof.


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