On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 09:29, Walter W. (Smitty) and Jeani M. Smith wrote: > I'm a Linux newbie trying once again to install RH 7.3 with the workstation > option. Have a new system with Macrosquish Windoze 2k installed by system > builder. > > Are there any special hoops to jump thru in this situation? If there are any, > can someone point me to a howto or other documentation? I ask because when > Windoze boots, the opening screen says it is based on NT technology. I searched > thru Redhat's howto's & thru the howto's at TLDP. Didin't find anything > specific to Windoze 2k but did find that there are hoops to jump thru for NT. > I'm somewhat leery of the Macrosquish stuff & would appreciate any input you > may have that would enable me to migrate to Linux. wimp2k is likely to be installed on ntfs (and you should of course install 7.3 on an ext3 partition), so you probably want to create a separate vfat partition if you want to share any files between the two. also there is an issue where wimp2k may scribble on the stage1.5 portion of the grub bootstrap. using lilo is probably the easiest way to avoid the issue. but if you prefer grub as i do, i have avoided the problem by installing my mbr without stage1.5. the easiest way to do this is to add the commands to your /boot/grub/grub.conf after installing, and invoke from the grub menu next time you boot. refer to the exerpts from my grub.conf below. of course you'd need to adjust the root commands for your setup. note i don't have a separate /boot partition, and you probably don't need to worry about any 1024cyl limit unless your disk is quite old. for a workstation install i recommend partitions for / and /home only just to keep things simple. title ruby 7.3+up2date (2.4.20-24.7) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-24.7 root=/dev/hda1 ro vga=0x12A initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-24.7.img title ruby 7.3 distrib (2.4.18-3) hda1 (hd0,0) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 root=/dev/hda1 ro vga=0x12A initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.img #install mbr with stage2 (no stage1.5, ok if stage2 file never moves) title Install mbr with stage2 hda1 (hd0,0) root (hd0,0) install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 #install mbr with stage1.5 (grub default, but win2k might destroy) title Install mbr with stage1.5 hda1 (hd0,0) root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) title wimp2k (poweroff modem) hda4 (hd0,3) rootnoverify (hd0,3) chainloader +1 -g -- http://gnuleaf.net -- a new lease on life for stranded red hatters -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
