Re: Installing BDI / Win2k

[Paul <paul.corner-at-tesco.net>]

Hi Markus

In answer to Q.1. Unless you have done dual installs before, it is likely 
that you could end up wiping the Windows partition.

For Q.2. The problem is not one of being able to handle large disks - I have 
both a 20G and 30G drive with BDI on and still using an old P166 motherboard. 
LILO is the problem, until recently, it could only boot the kernel from the 
lower 1024 cylinders. This would not normally be a problem if linux was the 
only OS installed or before any others.

Considering the cost of hard drives at the moment, I would recommend 
disconnecting the windows drive and plugging in a new one specifically for 
linux/BDI.
Once you have installed the BDI, configure the Windows drive as a slave and 
reconnect it. The lilo config file will have to be edited, but once this is 
done, you will be able to boot both operating systems.

Regards, Paul.


On Monday 22 October 2001  7:31 pm, Markus Meyer wrote:
> Two questions:
>
> Question #1: I read this one on the FAQ for BDI:
>    Q. Will it run under Windows 95/98 ?
>    A. No. The install will remove the Microsoft virusTM for you.
> Does that mean, the BDI installation will wipe out my Windows 2000
> partition?
>
> Question #2: If BDI and Win2K can coexist (I hope they do), will it install
> on large harddisks? I heard f.e. there is a problem with older versions of
> loadlin which don't work with large harddisks (> 8 GB).
>
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Markus