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Re: linux + win95 + grub partition woes



Hy.

Bad news:
Normally the best way to use Linux and Win95 on one harddisk is this:

1st Partition: Windows System
2nd Partition: Linux
last Partition: Programms and Files for Windows

At least that's my experience...

regards

Sebastian Nerz

"Timothy H. Keitt" schrieb:

> I got around to reinstalling windows 95 on my dell laptop so I could use
> the DVD.  Windows is installed on the 4th partition.  Everything works
> fine, but after I boot windows and then boot debian, I get error 17 from
> grub.  After booting from a floppy, and running cfdisk, I find that my
> non-windows partition types have changed (setting them correctly and
> issuing a "grub-install" fixes the problem until I boot windows again).
>  Is it possible to dual boot with win95 not on the first disk partition,
> or is there no way around it modifying the partition table?
>
> Tim
>
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