RE: Can Windows95 cause error on my Linux Drive.
I know what you mean about authority!
Right now I boot Linux by F8 to stop the windows from loading and then I run
my linux bat file that calls
loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1.
Now being that my wife is in computer pre-school, I don't think she can boot
Linux. The partition argument between windows and Linux should good to me,
I'd have to study that more. I was planning to use chos to boot my
computer, but right now I don't want the wife and kids playing with Debian.
I am a newbie (6 months) and they can barely get a floppy in the
drive...that's why I choose the F8 method.
Rod
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond A. Ingles [SMTP:inglesra@frc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 4:52 PM
> To: Person, Roderick
> Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
> Subject: Re: Can Windows95 cause error on my Linux Drive.
>
> On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Person, Roderick wrote:
>
> > Hey All,
> >
> > Recently, I added a new drive to my system as the slave 2nd drive.
> > Therefore, I made my old drive a Win95 drive so the family could play
> games
> > and such. Now it seems that everytime I log into my Linux drive
> (/dev/hdb) I
> > get file system not unmount correctly errors. I fsck and get it in
> operating
> > conditions and a day or two later i get the same errors. Could this be
> due
> > to how other users are logging out of win95 or not logging out and just
> > shuting off the machine? Drive 1 is totally win95(1.2GB) drive 2 is 5GB
> for
> > Linux in 4 partitions and 1GB for win in one partition. Anyone having
> this
> > problem.
>
> Hmmm. So far as I know, just booting Windows (or even powering
> it down) shouldn't be able to muck up a Linux partition. I can only think
> of two ways this could happen. First, Windows doesn't agree with Linux
> about where the partitions are and is overwriting things. In this case,
> though, you'd probably have a horrible time recovering the filesystem, and
> it sounds like fsck is doing the job for you so far. Second, someone might
> be using a Windows tool to access the Linux partition and that utility is
> buggy. I've never used it but I hear there is some sort of tool that'll
> let you do that.
>
> On the other hand, how do you boot Linux on this machine? Is there a boot
> menu (like LILO) or do you use a boot floppy? At home, my system boots
> Linux by default, and only boots Windows if someone specifically asks.
> Fortunately, my wife knows how to use Linux, at least for web surfing, and
> knows not to just power off Linux. I don't have a lot of authority in our
> house, but she trusts me about the computer. :-> She only made that
> mistake once, and I got just the symptoms you describe.
>
> If it's possible for your family to accidentally boot Linux, they might
> say, "Oh, shucks" and power off and on again for a second try at
> Windows... thus hosing Linux. Make sure they know the consequences of
> this.
>
> If it's still too hard for them to understand, you can set things up to
> always boot Windows, and use a boot floppy to boot Linux. It's less
> convenient for you, but *very* hard for your family to make a mistake
> (unless you leave the floppy in the drive). If you do this, make sure you
> have at least one backup boot floppy in case the main one goes bad.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ray Ingles (248)377-7735 ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com
>
> Modern inductive method: 1) Devise hypothesis. 2) Apply for grant.
> 3) Perform experiments. 4) Revise data to fit hypothesis. 5) Publish.
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