Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-15 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Kent West wrote: > > Gateway E-4200 Pentium II-400, 4GB drive, 128MB RAM, VX700 17" > monitor, 3COM 3c509c NIC, es1371 sound card, ATI Rage 128. I've > had trouble getting my sound card to work 100% (not at all in > VMWARE, and only about 40% in Linux), and I can't run VMWARE in > full-screen mode

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread Kent West
Tom Pfeifer wrote: > > Out of curiosity, what are the basic specs (processor, RAM etc.) of the > machine where you are using VMware as you describe below? > > Tom > Gateway E-4200 Pentium II-400, 4GB drive, 128MB RAM, VX700 17" monitor, 3COM 3c509c NIC, es1371 sound card, ATI Rage 128. I've had

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread Evan Moore
one other alternative, if it is a GUI menu that you want try boot magic, it is a part of Mandrake GNU/Linux. On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, > > My dad got me a job at his work (I just need to install linux and win 98 on > the same hard drive). I've done this on my computer,

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread Brian May
> "Kent" == Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Kent> I've got my home computer set up this way, and my mom's Kent> computer set up to multi-boot using LILO. They both have a Kent> 2-choice menu; with the Windows method you can use the Kent> up/down arrows to make the choice;

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Out of curiosity, what are the basic specs (processor, RAM etc.) of the machine where you are using VMware as you describe below? Tom Kent West wrote: > > And yet one more alternative: if you have the horsepower, get VMWARE and > install Win98 on top of Linux. That way you never have to reboot

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread John Gould
You need to set up Windoze in it's own partition first, leaving space for Linux. Then install Linux and use LILO to boot into Windoze. Do it the other way around and Windoze will write over the Linux boot mgr. Typical Microsoft crap! Regards JohnG _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread Kent West
Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Hey, > > Thanks for the help with booting Win98 and Linux everyone. When my dad > brings the computer home tommorrow, this should be pretty easy. > > Thanks, > > Cameron Matheson > Alternatively (to the suggestions to multi-boot using LILO), you can also tweak CON

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, Thanks for the help with booting Win98 and Linux everyone. When my dad brings the computer home tommorrow, this should be pretty easy. Thanks, Cameron Matheson

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread Peter Ross
On 13-Jan-2000, Cameron Matheson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > My dad got me a job at his work (I just need to install linux and win 98 on > the same hard drive). I've done this on my computer, but I have to use a > boot floppy to get into linux. My dad's company wants it so that you can

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread Howard Mann
Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Hey, > > My dad got me a job at his work (I just need to install linux and win 98 on > the same hard drive). I've done this on my computer, but I have to use a > boot floppy to get into linux. My dad's company wants it so that you can > choose which OS to start from

Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread ktb
Cameron Matheson wrote: > > Hey, > > My dad got me a job at his work (I just need to install linux and win 98 on > the same hard drive). I've done this on my computer, but I have to use a > boot floppy to get into linux. My dad's company wants it so that you can > choose which OS to start from

Booting Linux and Win 98

2000-01-14 Thread Cameron Matheson
Hey, My dad got me a job at his work (I just need to install linux and win 98 on the same hard drive). I've done this on my computer, but I have to use a boot floppy to get into linux. My dad's company wants it so that you can choose which OS to start from a menu. Is their a way to do this? T