Re: Knoppix ,woody and LILO
--- Ralph Bacolod <rafiks_rb@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi! I just bought a knoppix cd and i want to install
> it on my computer. I
> already have woody installed which is dual booting
> with XP. I have 2
> questions.
> 1. I want to replace woody without overwriting my
> files in home. Is this
> feasible? Home by the way is a different partition
> .How do i go about it?
> Can you please show me good howto. Ive googled and
> it seems that there is a
> lack of clear documentation.
> 2. I dont have lilo on my mbr coz ive read that
> NTloader must be in command
> . So i just installed lilo on my root and let
> NTloader boot.. Is this still
> true? Is it ok if i just let LILO manage the
> booting?
>
> TIA
>
> Rafiks
>
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Sorry i misred your post... I don't think that answers
your question, but after writing it I thought of
posting it anyway...
Here is what i did I am not sure this is recommended,
but it works wonderfully for me.
I bought a used 10G hardrive and installed it in my
computer has hda (primary IDE master) and I installed
Linux on that drive. My original windows install is
now primary IDE slave. I modified LILO so I can load
XP or Linux. (see below)
That way i am sure I cannot messup with anything on my
original installation. I can always go back to my
original install if I find the Debian learning curve
to steep at times :).
Drawback: Since windows is partitionned in NTFS I can
only read my windows file from the Linux side.
Windows doesn't even see the linux side.
Here is how I modified lilo.conf after googling for
some time:
http://www.ksoft-creative-projects.co.uk/klug/klug-general/2003-January/000060.html
other = /dev/hdb1
label = windows
map-drive = 0x80
to = 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80
table = /dev/hdb
maybe it can solve your problem...
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