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Hi,

    I've got two 3.5GB disks and I want NT 4.0 on one and Linux on the
other, and ideally a dual boot system.

1.    Am I correct in thinking if I make the boot partition FAT16 I can
use LILO and dual boot NT and linux?

2.    And if I also make a large-ish partition  on the NT disk as FAT16
I can share files between the two?

3. Should I install NT first, then linux, or vice versa?

Thanks,

    Martin

Quote:> 2.    And if I also make a large-ish partition  on the NT disk as FAT16
> I can share files between the two?

Quote:> 3. Should I install NT first, then linux, or vice versa?

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Quote:>2.    And if I also make a large-ish partition  on the NT disk as FAT16
>I can share files between the two?

Quote:>3. Should I install NT first, then linux, or vice versa?

Quote:>Thanks,

>    Martin

Steve

Go to

    http://www.winntmag.com/

click on Search and enter Linux on the search box. Then, in the
list of articles, click on the link

    Dualboot

There, you will find a detailed description and to install NT and
Linux on the same box. (The article is dated March 1997.) Hope this
helps. FC.

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I have heard numerous horror stories about people getting 95 and Linux
to co-exist, but I haven't tried it myself.  Some of my co-workers are
very happy with System Commander.  I used to tinker with OS/2 (v2.1 and
v3.0 Warp), but this was on dedicated (OS/2-only) machines.  (I think
this is the Boot Manager you mean.)

Scott
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For the record, I installed the operating systems in the order given above
and have had no problems.

Andy

On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 08:57:25 +0000, Martin Waller

Quote:>1.    Am I correct in thinking if I make the boot partition FAT16 I can
>use LILO and dual boot NT and linux?

In general, when considering multi-booting any two or more MS OSs it's a
good idea to make the first partition of the first disk FAT16 (especially
with NT 4, which can't grok FAT32, and with only read-only NTFS support for
Win95 and Linux so far - unless the WinTernals folks have their read/write
NTFSDOS ready).

However, it's not a _requirement_ that the first partition for NT be FAT16,
and it's definitely not the case that the Linux boot partition must be
FAT16.

Quote:>2.    And if I also make a large-ish partition  on the NT disk as FAT16
>I can share files between the two?

Quote:>3. Should I install NT first, then linux, or vice versa?

Also, FYI, there's a tool for NT called BootPart which makes it possible to
(from within NT) grab the Linux boot sector and add it to NT's boot menu :

        <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm>

"
To add Linux

For Linux, you must install Lilo at the beginning of the Linux partition
(as with OS/2 boot manager) and then add the Linux partition with BootPart:

When you install Linux or run liloconfig, select "Superblock of the root
linux partition" as location of Lilo. In my sample, this adds the line
"boot=/dev/sdb4" on the file /etc/lilo.conf
"

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Quote:>  Some of my co-workers are very happy with System Commander.  I used to tinker with
> OS/2 (v2.1 and v3.0 Warp), but this was on dedicated (OS/2-only) machines.  (I think
> this is the Boot Manager you mean.)

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Andy Thomas schrieb in Nachricht ...

Quote:>I have DOS, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows95, Windows NT4 and Linux
>(RH 4.2) all on one disk on my laptop. I did quite a lot of experimenting
>with installation order, etc and found Win95 was very intolerant of other
>operating systems but NT4 was quite accomodating and even seemed to
>encourage their existence!

One question about Win95 and NT4:
I just wonder if it's possible to use one installation
of MS-Office for Win95 and NT or is it required to
install it twice times?

Peter

Quote:>For the record, I installed the operating systems in the order given above
>and have had no problems.

>Andy

    Martin> Hi, I've got two 3.5GB disks and I want NT 4.0 on one and
    Martin> Linux on the other, and ideally a dual boot system.

    Martin> 1.  Am I correct in thinking if I make the boot partition
    Martin> FAT16 I can use LILO and dual boot NT and linux?

You can use LILO anyway, no matter what file systems are on the
partitions in question.

    Martin> 2.  And if I also make a large-ish partition on the NT
    Martin> disk as FAT16 I can share files between the two?

Yes.  Linux supports FAT16 (VFAT or MSDOS) read/write; there is also a
third-party add-on to access NTFS partitions read-only.

The Linux ext2 filesystem can be accessed read-only via a utility for
NT or Win95.

    Martin> 3. Should I install NT first, then linux, or vice versa?

Does not matter so much, but a good way would be to install NT first,
then Linux.  After installing Linux, you create/modify your
/etc/lilo.conf to allow booting either system, and run 'lilo' to
install the master boot record (MBR) on '/dev/hda'.

-tor

    Jan> Yup, I was trying to make it easy by not bringing up too many
    Jan> details. I am running Windows 95, Windows NT and Linux on the
    Jan> same box using LILO. Windows95 is generally the worst OS to
    Jan> make coexist with Linux, unless W95 was installed first,

I installed Linux first onto a completely new system, then Win95.
Win95 does override the MBR (I don't think WinNT does), so after
having done so, I reran 'lilo' to have it written to the MBR again.

Just be sure that you have the following line in your /etc/lilo.conf:

      boot = /dev/hda

-tor

On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 18:47:52 +0100, "Peter Pflug"

You'll have to install it twice because the Registries for Win95 and
WinNT are different.

However, there is no need to make two separate installations - that is
you can install the one for NT over the top of the installation for
Win95.  IOW, the same directory, drive etc.  Most applications can be
dual installed in that manner without difficulty.

There are some exceptions - so your mileage may vary.  However,
MS-Office will work that way OK.