Re: [tlug] Partitions and Partition Magic

[Dan Myers <q90004@example.com>]

So you don't even have to install Linux to use the LILO boot loader? Is
the best way to check out LILO by just reading the MAN pages?

dan

Matt Gushee wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 10:15:55AM +0900, Dan Myers wrote:
> 
> > I bought the English version of Partition Magic but then while reading
> > the readme (trust me a unusual occurrence) I discovered that It doesn't
> > work with the Japanese OS (other than Linux OS) and so I can partition
> > it and put both Linux and the Other OS on the same hard drive as I had
> > wanted to do. Any recommendations? Anyone out there tried this with
> > Partition Magic & a Japanese OS?
> 
> Can't help you with Partition Magic, but maybe you should consider biting
> the bullet and doing it the old-fashioned way, tweaking your partitions
> with FIPS and using LILO as a boot manager.
> 
> Back in 1997 I had a colleague who wanted to dual-boot the English and
> Japanese versions of Windows 95, which was supposed to be impossible. I
> created two big Windows partitions and a small Linux partition, set LILO
> up to switch the bootable flag on the two Win partitions, installed both
> versions of Windows, created a nice boot menu ... worked like a charm!
> 
> --
> Matt Gushee
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