Re: installing Debian with win95
At 17:01 17-06-2001 +0300, you wrote:
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|| Hi, i wan't to install Debian2.2 on a PC running win95 and i wan't to be
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Having win98 installed, I did:
- repartition my harddisk to have both the c: partition and an ext2
partition for linux.
- installed linux with lilo as bootloader
- changed the file /etc/lilo.conf (there's a commented out part that allows
you to boot another system, like windows, you just have to know the linux
name for the partition it is on. For me that's /dev/hda1 (i.e. the first
(1) partition on the master harddisk on the first IDE controller (a), the
seconday master is called c)
- run lilo to activate the changes in the lilo.conf
I have attached my lilo.conf. It's configured to start windows
automatically after a 2 seconds timeout.
My harddisk (according to linux) has the following structure:
hda:
hda1 hda2 < hda5 ... hda9 > hda3 hda4
In my case the hda1-4 numbering is chronological (creation time), so is the
hda5-9.
hda1 is my primary windows partition
hda2 is an extended windows partition consisting of logical partitions 5-9.
hda3 is my linux ext2 partition
hda4 is the linux swap partition
Hope this helps.
Regards,
André.
# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
# --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
# and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# | !! Reminder !! |
# | |
# | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this |
# | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The |
# | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image |
# | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. |
# | |
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# Support LBA for large hard disks.
#
lba32
#specify reboot method: warm, bios
# Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hda
# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hda3
# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact
# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
#
install=/boot/boot.b
# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map
# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000
# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
delay=20
# You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
# message=/boot/bootmess.txt
# prompt
# single-key
# delay=100
# timeout=100
# Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>)
#
# vga=ask
# vga=9
#
vga=normal
# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
# append=""
# Boot up Linux by default.
#
default=[W]indows
image=/vmlinuz
label = Generic Kernel
vga = 1
read-only
image=/boot/new2
label = Linux2217
read-only
vga = 1
image=/boot/linux244
label = [L]inux244
read-only
append="video=riva:1024x768-16@70"
# vga = ask
single-key
alias = l
other=/dev/hda1
label=[W]indows
alias = w
single-key
#image=/vmlinuz.old
# label=LinuxOLD
# read-only
# optional
# restricted
# alias=2
# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
# other=/dev/hda4
# label=HURD
# restricted
# alias=3
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