Re: Help installing Debian 2.2r17
On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, LaGuardia, Kristofer S. wrote:
> I tried searching the lists, but couldn't find anything. I want to dual
> boot 2.2r17 with Windows 2000. All of the tutorial I have seen show both
> residing on the same hard drive. Well, I would like them on separate hard
> drives. The hard drives are arranged as:
guess you can't find anything because 2.2r17 is far from being released,
if ever ;-)
Where is the problem? It makes no difference for Linux if its on another
partition on the same drive or on a different drive. Just make sure you
got the names right: the second IDE drive is hdb; the first partitio is
hdb1, the second is hdb2... ; logical ones start counting at 5!
>
> First Drive - 30GB - Windows 2000 Only(FAT32 full drive)
> Second Drive - 13 GB - Linux Only (Two partitions with one as swap)
> Third Drive - 10GB - FAT32 Full drive and to be used as a shared drive for
> both OSs
>
I am not sure about lilo in potato but i think the one thats in the distri
has no longer the problem with the 1024 cylinders.
> have this and that licensed. I've read documentation on dual-booting, but
> there are some steps that don't make any sense to me since they are either
> written for Mandrake, or they don't use the same version of Debian as I
> have. I have 2.2r17, and i get to partitioning my hard drive. I'm not new
should make no big differnce, if at all!
> to computers, but am new to the terminology used in Linux. I understand
> that I need at least two partitions for Linux. So on my second drive I
> create a Linux swap type partition(512MB because I have 256MB of RAM), and
> then the rest of the drive is just a Linux partition. Quick question, if I
> want to create a partition for /usr, how would I specify the partition is
> for /usr? Is it a type? Anyhow...
256 MB of swap seems far to much for me, but partitioning is a kind of art
and experience but should be all right for the beginnig.
If you create a partition for e.g. /usr you just tell the setup that you
want to mount /usr there. There is one point in the setup where you create
your partitions and then there is a step which says use existing
partitions (I am not sure about the right useage of sentences) thats what
you whant.
>
> I then get all the way to the step when it asks me to mount the swap, so I
> select the partition for swap...then the same for Linux...no problem. I had
> set both as primary, but the non-swap partition as boot. is that correct?
No, if you have only 2 partitions the one shuld be swap and the other
should be / I don't think the setup would let yo ugoing on without
specifying the root partition.
> Or should Linux type be primary and the swap type to be logical? Then it
> asks me if I want to install LILO to MBR or to the partition, right? So I
> choose to the partition...then it asks me if I want to boot into Linux when
> I start the computer, and I say yes. is this all correct for a dual boot?
I woul drecommed to install lilo in the mbr and let lilo boot Linux or W2k
otherwise you need a bootmanager that is able to boot lilo.
> Then I don't know what to do. There's also a question I have about the
> video card detection. It mentions it can scan the PCI...does this also mean
> it will check AGP(or is AGP also part of the PCI?)?
Don't know about that, but Debian was quite good in detecting my hardware,
so why not letting it go and see what it does. You can change everything
later if somethings wrong.
>
> I need a tutorial on how to get Windows 2000(C:), to dual boot with Debian
> on a different physical drive(D:).
>
See above.
> On a side note, anyone know of a Debian tutorial on setting up @HOME? Just
> a brief walkthrough would be nice...
>
what is @HOME? Debain on a home PC? How about
http://www.uk.debian.org/releases/stable/#new-inst
??
> Thanks to anyone who is willing to spend some time with a newbie who wants
> to learn this challenging OS, but needs a little guidance. Thanks!
>
> Kris the Lost
>
Don't give up, Debian is worth it.
Frank
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