Linux Question--Dual Booting.....

[rage17atm]

I am totally new to linux. Right now i am running Win2k and Whistler beta 2 on
my box. I guess it would be a triple boot. I am going to install Red Hat v7.0
on a different hardrive then the other two. I am hesitant to start though until
I find out if i can dual boot with these different operating systems. Also here
is a list of some of the hardware in my box, if anyone sees a problem here
might save me some trouble before i start all this.

Thunderbird 1ghz
Hercules 3d Prophet II mx
Guilemont Maxi Sound Muse
Kingston 110 ethernet card
Iomega Cd Burner

Thanks for the help.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Add the second hard drive.
Leave all drives connected when installing RedHat on the second drive. (Make a boot floppy just to be safe).
Put LILO, the boot loader for Linux, on the second drive.
Boot into Windows (pick one).
Download bootpart from www.winimage.com
Run bootpart in an admin command-line window to add Linux to your Windows boot loader.

Enjoy the good life.

-SUO

 

[TheVrolok]

Man.. SUOrangeman must be the OS/Dual boot authority around here.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Naw, I just play one on TV.

-SUO

 

[Inosuke]

Another way to do this is just install you Windows, then put Linux on the first sector, not the MBR.

Then go into Linux conf and fdisk on /dev/hda and use the "a" switch to toggle you boot partition to the root "/" partition.

You can see which one it is by typing df from the command line(usually it is /dev/hda5).

Anyway toggle that one on and the Windows partition off, then hit "w" for write.

Then go into Linuxconf, from GUI or command line) and add a new operating system in the boot options options. Type in the OS and what path it sits in.

Then from the command line just type Lilo(it executes the chagnes to the loader).

Reboot and Linux will boot up and ask you which you would like to go to.

LILO is really good for this. You can actually go back into Linuxconf and set the delay, and which OS you would like it to load by default(if you dont touch anything).

Sounds complicated, but I'm no Linux Engineer!
Blow it up a few times. Its fun!



Inosuke

P.S. You may have a problem with that MX card, my Linux box doesnt like it at all. Its good though. I am being forced to do it from the command line.

 

[SUOrangeman]

evil3d.net for Geforce help with Linux

-SUO