Re: Old machine (bochs).
Its your machine but ...
I honestly think this boch thing is misguided efforts and if you want
to try Linux without touching hard disk, there is better way these days.
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/ seems popular thing to do (I never used
it yet)
For your information ....
On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 02:31:00PM +0200, Robert Vazan wrote:
> I need Windows on that same machine and I don't want to kill off MBR
> nor boot sectors. Killing off virtual machine doesn't cost me
> anything. I need to try things out before writing to disk. I would
> have hard discussion with admins if something goes wrong.
FACT:
You do not need to write MBR nor boot sectors to install Linux on a PC.
Just running Linux without touching Harddisk is even possible.
If you have empty partitions, it is easier to install Linux. Just boot
with boot FD/CD with boot parameter "rescue root=/dev/hda6" or
something.
I can assure you that you can do great harm to system even if you keep
off MBR and boot sectors. So be careful if this machine is mission
critical. I would not even trust FIPS etc.
Good luck ;)
Osamu
PS: Be careful :) Please read installguide etc. in advance.
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