Re: Debian co-existence with windows 95
> It's not a LILO problem, but one with BIOS. It doesn't happen to every
> system. If you don't want it to happen to you, make sure the Linux kernel
> is loaded from somewhere below cylinder 1024 on your "c" drive. You should
> put your root filesystem under that limit, but it doesn't matter where you
> put /usr.
>
> Loadlin only works to boot Linux from real-mode DOS.
True, but loadlin documentation demonstrates simple "trick" to use it to
boot both linux and win95.
(In short: You make Win95 boot in "Dos prompt" mode by default,
edit config.sys file to use its "menu" - in case you select "linux"
entry- it invokes loadlin, otherwise - starts Win 95 GUI)
Alex Y.
>
> Bruce
> --
> Bruce Perens K6BP bruce@pixar.com 510-215-3502
> Finger bruce@master.debian.org for PGP public key.
> PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3
>
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