Re: Win2K/ linux dual-boot
There is an excellent GPL'd boot manager called XOSL
(http://www.xosl.org). It can install on it's own partition, or
your windows partition. It is absolutely brilliant. When you set it
up, it presents you with a list of partitions on your machine, you
select which ones you want in your boot-up menu (they have to be
bootable, of course), and you're away.
Here's what I did, which is the easiest way of making a dual-boot system
I've come across:
- Created a FAT32 partition (about half my hard drive - DiabloII needs
a lot of disk space) and installed windows as per usual.
- Install Debian on the remainder of the drive, to boot from a floppy.
- Install XOSL in Windows. File away the floppy.
You still need to install lilo in your GNU/Linux setup, but I can't
recall having to alter the default config or do anything fancy to get
XOSL to kick-start it.
Good luck.
Matthew.
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 12:25:18PM -0700, Nelson PC wrote:
> hey all.
> total newbie here.... never touched linux. i am looking to remedy
> that by installing some flavour of linux/ unix on my Windows 2000 box.
> There is lots of documentation out there about installations w/ 98.
> Can't find anything about Win2K. Who has this set-up, and is
> there anything special that a guy needs to know to pull it off?
> Cheerz.
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