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Re: linux with win95 with ontrack DM
>I'm looking to install linux (redhat 4.2), what is
>the best partition strategic in such a situation?
>
>
>I tryed to create extended partition with 2 logical
>drives. 400 for native linux part and 20 for a swap.
>But then i could only load linux via loadlin from
>dos, since installing lilo in MBR destroyed my
>Ontrack DM.
>
>So best solution i think is to make somewhy that
>lilo will be loaded after DM or will load DM before
>booting via DOS or Win'95.
What is wrong with loading Linux with loadlin? I do it on all the
Linux machines I set up, and it works great. You can put it in
a DOS or Win95 multi-config setup, and live happily ever after.
No MBR changes, nothing.
Hope this helps.
Doron Shikmoni