Multiple systems.

[Rickard Andersson]

Hello everybody.
Is there any one out there that can help me with one of my problems with Red Hat 6.2?
My problem is that I don´t know how to run multiple system´s on my computer. I have splited my hard drive, but that was in Windows 95. Do I need to split my hard drive with the Linux Partioning tool, such as fdisk

I am sorry if my question´s are dumb, but im a complete newbie. :confused:

[MBMarduk]

Well, newbie...join the club!

I gather from your info that you're not running RH yet, because you only repartitioned ("splitted" :)) your harddisk.
Windows' "fdisk" is fine for this. Though afterwards you need to make a fresh filesystem on this new partition (="format the drive" in windows-speak), But I think RH will do everything for you.

A word of advice:
I personally think most people here use LILO as a "boot loader", and use this on their HDDs. Other boot loaders are: Grub and XOSL.

I never liked this from the start, it's very easy -especially as a newbie- to fsck-up your boot records on the harddisk.

I've never used RH so I don't know for sure that it asks this, but...I've ALWAYS installed LILO on a floppy disk.
That way: "floppy inside" = LILO (Linux) or
"floppy not inside" = Windoze

Read this (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/filesys/creating_filesystems1.html) too. (The NHF's)

Good Luck
-Mike

[trekker]

Hi Rickard!

No worries about the "dumb" questions!! I was asking the same questions 2 months ago when I'm a complete newbie and I still am a newbie today!

The people here in this forum are simply fantastic! I've learnt a lot and gotten tremendous help here.

Anyway, I'm running a dual boot system with Redhat 7 and Win98 using LILO as my boot loader. Just a note of advice, have a windoze boot disk ready if you choose to install LILO onto your MBR so that you can "fdisk /mbr" to recover your mbr in case it's messed up.

Have fun!

[MBMarduk]

Upon re-reading my post I found the first line sounded sarcastic. Well, IT'S NOT...I meant I'M a newbie too.
:)

[mychl]

I wouldn't worry too much about messing up your MBR. You can always boot from the cd rom and re-install linux, which will let you redo lilo to the mbr. I have never used a floppy, and lilo has always worked for me.

As for the partitions, if you already created on in win95, just make sure you get anything you need off it (assuming you have room for it on the other win95 part) When you install linux, get to the part that deals with your partitions, and try to delete the one you want to put linux on, then recreate it with the ext2 fole system (linux native), put the mount point as / which means root.

Good luck