RE: Installation help

[Ashish_Nabira <Ashish_Nabira Satyam com>]

Yes i prefer LILO boot.

ashish

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Adam [mailto:jonadam knowhownet net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:03 AM
To: redhat-install-list redhat com
Subject: RE: Installation help


Do you prefer the LILO boot loader over the GRUb boot loader?  I have been
taking a small poll on this for my website.

Jon

On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Ashish_Nabira wrote:

> Hi Andy;
> 
> I have faced same problem while installation of linux with win2000 server.
> What i did is made 2.5 gb fat32 partition for win2000. then i loaded 2000.
> after that I loaded linux 7.2 in 5 gb with linux cd with LILO boot.
> 
> After completing linux then I utilized free space with the help of disk
> manager in 2000. It si going perfectly well. Again to add if linux
> installation goes beyond 1024 cylinder, it will give u some cylinder error
> and linux won't run properly.
> 
> Hope others will find this useful.....
> 
> Regards; 
> Ashish Nabira 
> Satyam Computers Services Ltd 
> 23 & 24, Chamiers Towers, Chamiers Rd, Teynampet, 
> Chennai-18 
> Ph   : 4314500 ext-7627 
> " Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: andy7308 comcast net [mailto:andy7308 comcast net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 8:07 AM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Installation help
> 
> 
> Jon,
>     Thanks for the information. I will certainly give that a try. Could
you
> expand on what you mean when you said "Then all you have to do is point
grub
> to the other partitions and you should be set." How do I point grub to the
> other partitions?
> 
> Gary Anderson
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon Adam" <jonadam knowhownet net>
> To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 7:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Installation help
> 
> 
> > Gary,
> >
> > I would suggest using the other disk partitioning software with the
redhat
> > installer.  Fdisk is very hard to use, and Disk Druid is very simple and
> > powerful.  It shows you your other partitions and allows you to take the
> > check mark away from the partitions you don't want messed with.  Then
all
> > you have to do is point grub to the other partitions and you should be
> > set.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 andy7308 comcast net wrote:
> >
> > > I am resubmitting this because I had not previously posted it a
> members-only list and I was a non-member. I have since signed up.
> > >
> > > I have loaded a spare machine with Win2000. I partitioned the disk
> during install as C is Fat 32 - 500 Mb, D is NTFS - 5 Gb, E is NTFS - 1.5
> Gb. I left the rest unformatted. The machine has a 20 Gb hard drive, CDROM
> and floppy with 128Mb of Ram and 1 Ghz CPU. I want to install RedHat 7.2,
> which I downloaded and burned the isos to CDs, on part of the remaining
free
> space (5 Gb for Linux and 2 Gb for Linus swap) and another operating
system
> on the remainder. When I installed RedHat 7.2 I entered text at the boot
> prompt and went through the installation environment questions. I selected
> custom install, fdisk and edit. This is where things because less clear.
The
> install process finished but when I rebooted the system came up with an
> error - Win2000 kernel file corrupted. I have went through the install
> process twice and both times ended up with the same error and I had to
> reload. Currently the machine is configured as described in the first
> sentence and does not have any othe!
> > r OS on it. Could you offer some advise and possibly a step-by-step to
get
> me through this.
> > >
> > > I appreciate any suggestions, help or possible links you can provide.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Gary Anderson
> > >
> >
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