Re: How to set up multiboot with linux as one OS?

[Barbara J Wagreich <bjw world std com>]

Rafaeland John:

Thanks for the info about grub.  Yousay it's accessible.  What screen
reader neds to be running in order to see the prompt to specify the OS I
want to invoke?  Or would I jsut type blindly when I think the grub prompt
has been displayed?  Yousaid it's accessible.  I woudl be using brltty for
linux and Jaws for windows 98/2K.

thanks,
Barb

On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Rafael Skodlar,,, wrote:

> Redhat comes with Grub as a default OS loader. Grub is advanced OS
> loader which allows you to do many things before you even boot. In my
> experience it's better than LILO, the other OS loader. You do not need
> to run any configuration command like lilo with Grub. Grub allows you to
> simply edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and the configuration becomes effective
> right away. Grub has many commands accessible at it's prompt. It's
> somewhat similar to Sun loader embedded in EEPROM on their systems.
>
> Partitions do not need to be hidden from each other. While Linux or
> other Unix like OSes are able to read windows partitions or even write,
> neither W95 nor NT, that's practicaly all Microsoft's OSes are not able
> to read Linux partitions. That means you have to think about how you are
> going to share files between the OSes if needed.
>
> Even better would be to use different disk drives for different OSes but
> that would not change the way OS loaders work. Again, Grub is more
> powerfull IMO.
>
> I suggest you partition Linux with traditional number of Unix partitions
> for easier maintenance, backups, upgrades, and security reasons.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 06:29:49PM -0400, Barbara J Wagreich wrote:
> > Hi All:
> >
> > I'm new to linux but have worked on UNIX.
> >
> > I'm sure you've discussed this topic before.  I'd appreciate your
> > feedback.
> >
> > I am having a PC set up with three operating systems:
> > DOS/Windows 98, Windows 2000, and red Hat linux 7.2.  I will be using
> > brltty
> > (I can't hear).  A friend is doing this for me.  (I would be using JFW
> > with Windows 98 and Windows 2K.)
> >
> > what is the best way to set up the multiboot sothat I can choose which OS
> > I want to invoke?  Also, should the three partitions containing the 3
> > operating systems be hidden from each other?
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> > Barbara Wagreich
>
> --
> Rafael
> The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor is Constant.
>
>
>
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