DMDP wrote: >I have been reading your installation information and I cannot find >anything that tells me how to install Debian to an E:\ drive for example >and use a DOS bootup menu to access it. > >How should I go about setting this up? > >The installation guide recommends installing on C:, but I REALLY don't >want to do that.
If you have an existing drive that you address from DOS as E:, you do not want to install Linux on it, because its current contents will be destroyed (unless you use it for a umsdos filesystem, which is not an ideal solution). To install Linux you need some space on your hard drive which is not allocated to DOS. If you can delete an existing partition, do so; otherwise you may need to install an extra hard disk. The space you use for Linux will need to be split into at least two partitions; one of these will be a swap partition, that acts as an overflow for your RAM memory; the other will be where your Linux filesystem will be created. The filesystem space can be further subdivided if you consider this necessary. (Don't worry about it for now.) The swap partition needs to be adequate to meet (together with the RAM) all likely memory demands; about three times your RAM size should be enough unless you have very little RAM. You can boot Linux with the DOS program, LOADLIN; or you can set up LILO which will act as a boot manager and allow you to choose which O/S to run each time you boot. If you use LOADLIN, it would be best to install this program on your C: drive, but not the whole of Linux, of course. The standard installation program offers to install LILO. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP key from public servers; key ID 32B8FAA1 ======================================== "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." James 1:5 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
