hi, ok 2 questions. ware can i go to get these loaders, and how much space will the linux system files, and so fourth take after it is installed and set-up. if I add another drive all I have is a 1 gb drive that I can add so if I make 2 partisiions with that it would come out to 500 each is this workable? thanks alot. charles On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Rafael wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 11:00:16PM -0600, cbowman@netdoor.com wrote: > > > > hi listers. I have a question. I am getting ready to install linux on my > > computer but, i need to find something to help me to choose wich os i will > > boot up in to . I have win95 on this computer, and am keeping it my hard > > drive is partisioned 3 ways 1 is for just windows junk, the secont is for > > dos, and the third will be for linux. I know about partision majic but, > > short of that is there something that i can just download from someware to > > use. thanks alot? btw, the kind of linux I have I have slakeware 8.0, and > > braillespeek i think is the name of it. I didn't see eanything for this on > > the cds. thanks alot. > > The oldest linux loader called LILO is one way to select and boot > different operating systems. However, there is an alternative with more > capabilities and flexibility in my experience. That alternative is grub. > What's most important about it is that it doesn't matter where the kernles > are. Another words, the BIOS limitation of 1024 cylinders is not limiting > you to boot from partitions that reside beyond 1024th cylinder. > > Most distributions use lilo as a default OS loader. RedHat since 7.2 > started to give you a choice for grub as well. There are RPM packages to > install grub on most distributions and I'm sure there is a package for > Debian as well. > > One more thing, you can only install grub under Linux as far as I can > tell. > > I suggest you create more partitions than just one for Linux. You need at > least 2 but upgrades and backups are much nicer when Linux is installed > with more than 2 partitions. > > Disk drives are cheap these days and it's a good idea to have linux on > another drive so you don't need to worry about the partitions etc. > > Good luck, > > > charles > > > > Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive > > > > -- > Rafael > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >