Re: [Fwd: Installing debian with Win98]

[Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf@IMSL.shinshu-u.ac.jp>]

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 ...

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Olaf Meeuwissen               Ph.D. student, Shinshu University, Japan
olaf@IMSL.shinshu-u.ac.jp    Information Management Systems Laboratory