Re: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]
Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> I have Window$98 and Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 running on a IBM ThinkPad
> 385XD laptop without any trouble (sofar?). I've kept a detailed log
> of all the things I did and can mail it if your interested. You'll
> have to wait till tomorrow though, 'cause I don't have it here.
>
> Basically, I repartitioned the 4GB internal hard disk, did a recovery
> installation of Window$ on the C: drive and then put Linux on the
> rest. From what you say (having things already partitioned), you can
> skip most of that and just jump in at the Linux installation. I had
> the same problem as you mentioned: linux just won't boot. The reason
> is that LILO can not boot Linux if the root partition is not in the
> first 1024 cylinders of the boot disk.
>
> My first work-around was a DOS boot-floppy that auto-execs loadlin to
> boot Linux. Worked like a charm, but I found the floppy boot a little
> clumsy. Following the loadlin docs, I modified the Window$ boot to
> give me a choice (much like LILO would have done if it worked). So, I
> boot Linux through M$-DOS, but, hey, if it works, who cares?
>
> Now, if I could only get that silly Window$ logo at boot time replaced
> with something more Linux, like a penguin ...
>
Just in case you don't know: You can disable that Windows boot logo with an
entry in msdos.sys (a text file now) of "Logo=0" in the Options section. Works
for W95.
Replacing it with a penguin is an entirely different matter, though. :-)
--
Ed C.
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