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> I can sure use some help. I would like to eventualy get involved with
> helping dev linux, but first I ned to get It to boot and learn a few (many)
> things. Like getting it to boot.

> I have a p6set-ml board with 56m (64-8 for video) and a 433 celron. hda is
> 14g hdb is 2g, both maxtor udma66 and a smart & frendly cd-rw on second ide,
> master.

> I have the falowing already setup on my drives...

> hda1    win2k    6g    ntfs
> hda2    win98    6g    fat32    act.
> hda3                 2g    fat32
> hda4             500m   fat16

> hdb1    /               ?    e2fs
> hdb2    /swap       ?         ?
> hdb3              120m  fat32                <----windows swap

> I have inatall cd for all and also storm, if aney will help.

> Win 2k & 98 dule boot fine but i cant figure how to boot linux. I had it set
> up before w/o win2k and used loadlin16 to boot linux on hdb2 but with this
> setup i get...
> kernal panic no /initrd.....

> > I can sure use some help. I would like to eventualy get involved with
> > helping dev linux, but first I ned to get It to boot and learn a few
(many)
> > things. Like getting it to boot.

> > I have a p6set-ml board with 56m (64-8 for video) and a 433 celron. hda
is
> > 14g hdb is 2g, both maxtor udma66 and a smart & frendly cd-rw on second
ide,
> > master.

> > I have the falowing already setup on my drives...

> > hda1    win2k    6g    ntfs
> > hda2    win98    6g    fat32    act.
> > hda3                 2g    fat32
> > hda4             500m   fat16

> > hdb1    /               ?    e2fs
> > hdb2    /swap       ?         ?
> > hdb3              120m  fat32                <----windows swap

> > I have inatall cd for all and also storm, if aney will help.

> > Win 2k & 98 dule boot fine but i cant figure how to boot linux. I had it
set
> > up before w/o win2k and used loadlin16 to boot linux on hdb2 but with
this
> > setup i get...
> > kernal panic no /initrd.....

> A lot of bootsector loaders have a problem with anything past the first
> 8 GB.  Your two Win* partitions do OK because the system code is below
> that magic point, but the EXT2 is too far out.

> What I do:

> Set up a small (~12 MB) /boot partition at the beginning of the disk.
> Install LILO to the beginning of that partition, NOT to the bootsector.
> From LILO you can boot any of the other OS images no problemo, and the
> main part of your Linux install can also be wherever you like.  Since
> the WinPuppis are kinda inflexible about drive letter numbering and
> since they get very cranky if you reorder the drive letters, be careful
> how you set them up.  Linux, OTOH, doesn't give a rip.

> Have fun!

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>I have inatall cd for all and also storm, if aney will help.

>Win 2k & 98 dule boot fine but i cant figure how to boot linux. I had it set
>up before w/o win2k and used loadlin16 to boot linux on hdb2 but with this
>setup i get...
>kernal panic no /initrd.....

> > Set up a small (~12 MB) /boot partition at the beginning of the disk.
> > Install LILO to the beginning of that partition, NOT to the bootsector.
> > From LILO you can boot any of the other OS images no problemo, and the
> > main part of your Linux install can also be wherever you like.  Since
> > the WinPuppis are kinda inflexible about drive letter numbering and
> > since they get very cranky if you reorder the drive letters, be careful
> > how you set them up.  Linux, OTOH, doesn't give a rip.

> I have two hard drives.

> Win2K on first HD first Partition
> Win98 on first HD second Partition
> Linux is on the Second HD first Partition

> Your replay to my post sayed "Set up a small (~12 MB) /boot partition at the
> beginning of the disk." Do you mean I have to reload Win2K, witch is at the
> begining of the first disk?