I don't need special equipment in order to use computers so I cannot give you advice on that. As far as Grub goes it either boots into default OS which you select in the configuration file or you need to select it from the menu. I'm sure others will tell you how brltty or Jaws can be used with grub much better than I can. When you get used to it you can probably type whatever blindly in order to select the desired OS in grub. On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 11:31:41PM -0400, Barbara J Wagreich wrote: > Rafael and John: > > Thanks for the info about grub. Yousay it's accessible. What screen > reader neds to be running in order to see the prompt to specify the OS I > want to invoke? Or would I jsut type blindly when I think the grub prompt > has been displayed? Yousaid it's accessible. I woudl be using brltty for > linux and Jaws for windows 98/2K. > > thanks, > Barb > > On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Rafael Skodlar,,, wrote: > > > Redhat comes with Grub as a default OS loader. Grub is advanced OS > > loader which allows you to do many things before you even boot. In my > > experience it's better than LILO, the other OS loader. You do not need > > to run any configuration command like lilo with Grub. Grub allows you to > > simply edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and the configuration becomes effective > > right away. Grub has many commands accessible at it's prompt. It's > > somewhat similar to Sun loader embedded in EEPROM on their systems. > > > > Partitions do not need to be hidden from each other. While Linux or > > other Unix like OSes are able to read windows partitions or even write, > > neither W95 nor NT, that's practicaly all Microsoft's OSes are not able > > to read Linux partitions. That means you have to think about how you are > > going to share files between the OSes if needed. > > > > Even better would be to use different disk drives for different OSes but > > that would not change the way OS loaders work. Again, Grub is more > > powerfull IMO. > > > > I suggest you partition Linux with traditional number of Unix partitions > > for easier maintenance, backups, upgrades, and security reasons. > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 06:29:49PM -0400, Barbara J Wagreich wrote: > > > Hi All: > > > > > > I'm new to linux but have worked on UNIX. > > > > > > I'm sure you've discussed this topic before. I'd appreciate your > > > feedback. > > > > > > I am having a PC set up with three operating systems: > > > DOS/Windows 98, Windows 2000, and red Hat linux 7.2. I will be using > > > brltty > > > (I can't hear). A friend is doing this for me. (I would be using JFW > > > with Windows 98 and Windows 2K.) > > > > > > what is the best way to set up the multiboot sothat I can choose which OS > > > I want to invoke? Also, should the three partitions containing the 3 > > > operating systems be hidden from each other? > > > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > Barbara Wagreich > > > > -- > > Rafael > > The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor is Constant. > > -- Rafael