Re: linux + win95 + grub partition woes

["Timothy H. Keitt" <tklistaddr@keittlab.bio.sunysb.edu>]

Should've figured as much... :-(

T.

Sebastian Nerz wrote:

> 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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Timothy H. Keitt
Department of Ecology and Evolution
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York 11794 USA
Phone: 631-632-1101, FAX: 631-632-7626
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/keitt/