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Can I dual boot like this?
Name: johnoh Date: February 22, 2004 at 18:34:16 Pacific OS: win98se CPU/Ram: 2400+, 512mb
Comment:
I have one hard drive c:. Can I put all my linux files in one folder (c:\linux), and create a diskette that when its in, the system boots from the floppy and loads linux off the hard drive? That way I could keep win98 as the main boot program on c:
I'm still in tire kicking mode so I do not want to set up the hard drive as full dual-boot yet. I guess I could just boot from a linux CD, but the point is I want file access to happen primarily from the hard drive. Thanks
Name: hwood Date: February 22, 2004 at 19:12:13 Pacific
Reply:
No, Linux requires it's own partition. As an alternative you could try out one of the CD-based distributions (they run entirely from a CD and do not have to be installed on your hard drive.) I prefer Knoppix. You can download a CD image at www.knopper.net.
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Response Number 2
Name: 3Dave Date: February 23, 2004 at 09:31:40 Pacific
Reply:
You can install to a FAT system, Phat linux (if it is still going), ZipSlack (a variant of slackware) and I think also a version Mandrake can do this.
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