> > Curiosity question here: I dual-boot Debian and Win95 by using a boot
> disk
> >  for Debian (it's partition is the last 1.2GB on a 6.4GB disk, so LILO
> >  doesn't like booting it). The book disk takes a LONG time to boot - 2
> or 3
> >  minutes just to do the initial load, then it starts loading off the HD
> and
> >  everything flies... I just created a boot disk during the install, same
> as
> >  on another PC I use, but the home one is slow, while the work one is
> nice
> >  and fast... Any ideas? 
> 
> Yah - use loadlin.  It will do almost the same thing as LILO but without
> chaning the boot record.
> 
Also have the LinLod95 package installed - when I want to swap from 95 to
Linux I just fire it up and go. I was just wondering why a floppy could boot
so slowly...

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