Mike McCarty aka "Fear Monger" wrote: > Thomas Springer wrote: > > > >>sorry the partition (for linux) name is /dev/hda4. > >> > >> > > [snip great reply] > > > ...three partitions is highly recommanded, though you could > > also use a swapfile later for vm. > > It might be worthwhile to put /home on its own partition, as > well. Correct. > > >>Another question is how to set the double boot mode? It seems in the > >>installation I set up this. But it just does not work at all. > > > > > > ...didn't you install GRUB in MBR ? > > That doesn't just work right out of the box for some of us. > I had a gruesome task getting my machine to do that. I'd > not install in the MBR right away. I'd put it into the > first sector of /boot and lift it with dd, and use XP to do the > multi-boot management between Windows and GRUB, and let > GRUB do the multi-boot for Linux. > > Later, it can be put into the MBR if necessary. > > Actually, I'd use a boot floppy for a few boots to > practice with GRUB and getting Linux up. Yes. Thanks for your reply. I m p o s s i b l e i s n o t h i n g ! > > ...boot in rescue mode with distro-cd1 and let anaconda find linux. > > Perhaps it's just necessary to install grub. > > IMO, the easiest way to find out is to install GRUB on a floppy > and try to boot from there, then put it into /boot and try > to get XP to manage the multiboot. That's great. Last time I did that was in 2002. But it wasn't really necessary for me. I'd never such problems with Grub/Lilo on Dell,Thinkpads... > But then, I'm a fear monger. > > Mike > -- Have no fear, Thomas
