On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 01:13:57PM -0600, cbowman wrote: > 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. You mean 500MB for each OS? That's a bit tight. Since you probably do not X then it's doable. / 48 MB /usr 300 MB /var 32 MB /tmp 64 MB swap 64 MB /home rest of the free space That's really small. Can't dedicate whole 1GB to Linux? Used drives over 4GB can be had for $20 these days. The above is normal number of partitions I use and never regret it. It makes it easy to upgrade or reinstall if necessary. Grub is on first CD from RedHat distribution under RedHat/RPMS/grub-0.90-11.i386.rpm All you need to do is to run rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/grub-0.90-11.i386.rpm and then run /sbin/grub-install After that you need to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to add or remove any kernel or OS. Grub doesn't take much space, only boot sectors and a little bit in /boot/grub directory. That's for RedHat distribution. Others might vary. > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rafael