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From: VK3XX@VK3FRS.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC
To : PC@WW
G'Day to M5WJF and other readers.
Hello Wayne,
Thanks for your bulletin follow up to one of mine on this topic.
I agree with everything you say about the clunky method that I have been
using to move between drives with W98SE and W2k (not winXP by the way!).
Really I was just passing on some general information on recent experience
with two hard drives hoping that the originator of the theme might get
some clue as to his problem.
I knew that there was a way of doing that because I have been studying the
installation of various versions of Linux along with a friend. I knew of
the existence of LILO as a means of sharing a single drive between Linux
and Windows. The 40GB HDD which I mentioned in my bulletin had a blank
partition of 10GB which was planned for Linux. Other things had intervened
after getting W2k installed and operable and in particular patched!! So
Linux didnt proceed with any degree of urgency.
However you will be pleased to know that yesterday I successfully
installed Mandrake 9.0 as a starter for Linux. In common with most people
it didnt go all that well. Firstly I should reiterate that the 40GB HDD
is the secondary drive. At the end of the installation I tried to reboot
and took out the CD as instructed. CDROM had been set as the first boot
device in place of my originally installed W98 drive to get the CD booted
for installation.
The computer rebooted automatically OK but W2k started and there was no
sign of any boot loader menu. I stupidly tried to do a re-installation
before sitting back and thinking about it! This time I ran into more
problems during installation than a one armed paper-hanger. So I was all
set to give the project away. I went back into the BIOS and reset the
first boot device to the primary drive (W98) to see if it still worked!
Much to my surprise when this drive booted the first thing to appear was
the LILO menu giving a selection of Linux, Windows, Windows2 and floppy
drives. Natuarally I tried the Linux option and it did start but as things
had stuffed up during installation I wasnt surprised to get a failure but
it did start the running process OK. So I stopped to think and decided
that what I didnt realise at first was that the boot process and loader
program was of course set up associated with the primary drive.
This time I re-installed in a slightly different way now because the two
Linux partitions had already been formatted. So I let the installation
complete as it did the first try and again W2k on the second boot
selection started as before. This time I shut it down and restarted the
computer going into the BIOS to reset the first boot to the W98 drive.
This time the LILO menu appeared OK. On selecting Linux it started fine no
problems and seems to run OK with all the packages that I installed. I
shut it dowm (properly) and rebooted the W98 option. All went well. I then
repeated that and selected Windows2 and W2k ran OK.
I think that it was your response to my SB that psyched me up enough to
give the Linux a go and the outcome has overcome the clunkyness of the way
in which I was selecting the drive to boot. So I thank you for the
inspiration to continue, Wayne. I never fail to be amazed at what I can
learn from packet enthusiasts many of whom know much more about computers
than I do! At 74 I know that I have a lot to learn nd it sure gets harder.
I also hope that a few people who may have abandoned Linux for similar
reasons will be re-encouraged. All I have to do is start another learning
curve to find out how to use it to advantage.
Cheers and sincere thanks for your contribution to the discussion.
73 - GORDON, VK3XX @ VK3FRS
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