LILO configuration

LILO configuration

[David Tiefenbrunn]

Hi, all.

I bought a (used) computer that came with SuSe linux installed.  I would
like to set it up so I can boot either Linux or WIN98 (I know, yuck, but I
still have some stuff that I need to use there)  

The HD is currently set up as one 20gig partition.  Can I split it or do I
have to start all over from the beginning?  Of course, I don't have the
linux install CD.

Thank you,
Dave

Dave  Tief.  N1WWY,  Addie Tief.  N1XQP
Tiny, Cecil, Magic, Ruby, Sesame and Cinamon
Visit our web page at http://users.abac.com/dandatief
Fight Spam: http://www.hostedscripts.com/scripts/antispam.html
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: LILO configuration

[Beolach]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

David Tiefenbrunn wrote:
| Hi, all.
|
| I bought a (used) computer that came with SuSe linux installed.  I would
| like to set it up so I can boot either Linux or WIN98 (I know, yuck, but I
| still have some stuff that I need to use there)
|
| The HD is currently set up as one 20gig partition.  Can I split it or do I
| have to start all over from the beginning?  Of course, I don't have the
| linux install CD.
|

There is a program called GNU Parted that should allow you to resize the
partition, depending on what filesystem it was formatted with.  See it's
homepage at <http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html> for more
details.

After resizing the existing partition, create a new partition with the
free space & install windows there.  Note that installing windows will
overwrite the master boot record, making the Linux partition unbootable,
so make sure you have a boot floppy created before installing windows.
After installing windows, boot to Linux with the floppy boot disk, and
reconfigure /etc/lilo.conf to boot either the Linux or Windows
partition, and reinstall lilo on the MBR with /sbin/lilo.

Hope this helps,
Conway S. Smith
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iD8DBQFAR/ZcGL3AU+cCPDERAqusAJ4wlFJD7IoPp5nclH3z4u41jLIdKQCg6jth
aub9iUPTgm6jTQNjKfv8/j0=
=P0DO
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: LILO configuration

[James Miller]

On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, David Tiefenbrunn wrote:

> I bought a (used) computer that came with SuSe linux installed.  I would
> like to set it up so I can boot either Linux or WIN98 (I know, yuck, but I
> still have some stuff that I need to use there)
>
> The HD is currently set up as one 20gig partition.  Can I split it or do I
> have to start all over from the beginning?  Of course, I don't have the
> linux install CD.

Sounds like maybe a job for the Knoppix live CD - which has a nice GUI
frontend for the Parted partitioning utility (it's called Qtparted).  Boot
from the Knoppix CD, run QTparted and shrink the SuSe partition (assuming
you can), and make a FAT32 partition on which to install your M$Winders.

James
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: LILO configuration

[Fred Gates]

> Hi, all.
>
> I bought a (used) computer that came with SuSe linux installed.  I would
> like to set it up so I can boot either Linux or WIN98 (I know, yuck, but I
> still have some stuff that I need to use there)
>
> The HD is currently set up as one 20gig partition.  Can I split it or do I
> have to start all over from the beginning?  Of course, I don't have the
> linux install CD.
>

you can use gnu parted to split/resize your partitions. then you'll need
to re-install win98 (since you have no suse disk) just make sure to backup
your things.

http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/

hope that helps in some way.

> Thank you,
> Dave
>
> Dave  Tief.  N1WWY,  Addie Tief.  N1XQP
> Tiny, Cecil, Magic, Ruby, Sesame and Cinamon
> Visit our web page at http://users.abac.com/dandatief
> Fight Spam: http://www.hostedscripts.com/scripts/antispam.html
> -
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
>


-- 
dabozz@sdf.lonestar.org
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: LILO configuration

[cr]

It's usually possible to split it, after first compacting the data on the 
drive.  However this would leave Linux as the first partition, Win98 would 
have to be installed in the second partition.    And in my recent experience 
Win98 tends to get paranoid or even psychotic if it isn't in the very first 
partition.   

An alternative (if the PC has physical room) is to pick up a second-hand 1GB 
(or whatever) hard drive dirt cheap and format and install that as your 
Windows drive.    It would also have the advantage that Win98 is less likely 
to go berserk and write all over the Linux.    

Dual or multi booting with GRUB is a breeze, once you get the hang of it.   
(Probably LILO is too, but I'm used to GRUB).
My PC has a 3GB  Win98+DOS+DOS drive in /hda (and boy was that a hassle to 
set up), /hdb is the CD writer, /hdc is a 20GB with several different 
flavours of Linux, and /hdd is a 3GB with mostly data on it.   

cr



On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:05, David Tiefenbrunn wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I bought a (used) computer that came with SuSe linux installed.  I would
> like to set it up so I can boot either Linux or WIN98 (I know, yuck, but I
> still have some stuff that I need to use there)
>
> The HD is currently set up as one 20gig partition.  Can I split it or do I
> have to start all over from the beginning?  Of course, I don't have the
> linux install CD.
>
> Thank you,
> Dave
>
> Dave  Tief.  N1WWY,  Addie Tief.  N1XQP
> Tiny, Cecil, Magic, Ruby, Sesame and Cinamon
> Visit our web page at http://users.abac.com/dandatief
> Fight Spam: http://www.hostedscripts.com/scripts/antispam.html
> -
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

LILO configuration

[David Tiefenbrunn]

Thank you for the suggestions.

The computer is a laptop.  It only has Linux with the KDE gui, so there is
mostly empty space on the HD.

I'll make a Linux boot disk before trying anything, read the mentioned
information.

It may be a day or so, but I'll let you know what happens.

I do want to keep linux on there, so I can begin to know my way around it.

Thank you again,
Dave

Dave  Tief.  N1WWY,  Addie Tief.  N1XQP
Tiny, Cecil, Magic, Ruby, Sesame and Cinamon
Visit our web page at http://users.abac.com/dandatief
Fight Spam: http://www.hostedscripts.com/scripts/antispam.html
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs