multi-boot 98/nt/linue

[vince_mchugh at yahoo.com (Vince McHugh)]

Dear John

  I have sucessfully set up several dual/tri boot
linux systems includng..

        Win98 / Redhat Linux 7.1
        WinME / Suse 7.2
        Win98 / WinNT4 / Redhat 7.1 (Using Lilo)
        Win2K / Redhat 7.1
        WinXP(beta) / Redhat 7.1

I am currently in my Linux\Unix II class and we did
alot of dual boot work. Here are some of my sugestons.

1st install Win98 no matter what Win OS you ultimately
want. 

2nd Make Sure you say NO when asked if you want large
disk support during Win98 setup. This will make sure
that Win98 is installed on Fat and not Fat32. it will
also limit the Windows system partion (C:) to 2 gigs

3rd Install your Linux Distro. When you get to Fdisk
you want to set up your 1st partion /boot make it 16
megs (this will keep the boot partion under the 1024
cylinder which may be important for some Linux
distros)
We did it and it worked for us every time! You can add
more Win partions at this time if you wish.

Now for the tri boot you can install WinNT from Within
Win98 If you want a Tri boot just load WinNT n a
different directory then "Windows" like "WinNT". 

LILO will boot to either LINUX or WINDOWS if you
choose windows the NT boot loader will THEN let you
choose between NT and 98. Thus a Tri-boot.

IF you want to load Win2K or XP just either upgrade
from within Win98 or simply choose the Win98 partiton
when you install the new Win OS.

Hope this helps you. It worked for us.



--- Charles Peterman <peterman at eecs.tufts.edu> wrote:
> 
> Look for the LILO faq.  That should make it mostly
> clear.
> Depending on the age of your hardware, it can be
> difficult
> to get all 3 to play nicely with each other.
> 
> The key thing is to get the partitions right.  All
> OS's should
> have their boot partition in the first 1G of disk
> space if this is
> being done from a single disk system. The second
> thing to get right
> is installation order.  I believe it goes install
> 98, install NT,
> curse a lot, reinstall 98, the install Linux.
> 
> The easiest way to do it is to have it each OS on
> its own drive, with LILO
> running the show from  hda:partition0.
> 
> 
> When you are feeling like more a challenge, we can
> see if you would like
> to get a multi-disk install of 2000/RH7.1/FreeBSD4.4
> going.
> 
> :)
> 
> Good Luck.
> 
> 
> -Charles
> 
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, John J Boland wrote:
> 
> > folks,
> > one of the guys i work with is trying to setup a
> multiple boot machine.
> > i quickly looked in the LDP for a how-to, but
> nothing jumped out at me.
> > can anyone point us in the best direction?
> > tia...
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--- John J Boland <jjb at world.std.com> wrote:
> folks,
> one of the guys i work with is trying to setup a
> multiple boot machine.
> i quickly looked in the LDP for a how-to, but
> nothing jumped out at me.
> can anyone point us in the best direction?
> tia...
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.           Regards,       
          Vince McHugh
     Systems Support Manager
          NECS\Canon

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