Re: LINUX and Windows'95

[jwt@example.com (Jim Tittsler)]

In article <199602261140.UAA28166@example.com>,
Venkatesh RAGHAVAN <raghavan@example.com> wrote:

>I have Linux running on my machine. I
>now want to Install Windows'95. A friend
>of mine who tried to do this got Windows'95
>running but was unable to boot to Linux.

Installing Windows95 over-writes the master boot record of the
boot disk.  After installing Windows95, you can re-install LILO
or OS/2's Boot Manager to allow you to choose your OS.  (Windows95
will notice the first time you boot it after doing this and warn
you of a "possible virus in the boot sector" since it will notice
the contents of the boot sector has changed.)

You can also use LOADLIN which is a small DOS program that will
load a kernel image into RAM and then start it.  This is a very
low risk approach, since it doesn't involve writing to the root
sectors of any partitions (which could be painful if you got
the wrong one :-).  You can use DOS's (or Win95's) multiple
configuration menu to continue the Win95 boot or invoke LOADLIN
to start Linux.

Immediately after installing Windows95, you can:
 -  use LOADLIN to boot a kernel image you had the forethought to
    copy to a DOS partition before the Win95 installation
 -  use your old "boot" floppy and specify the partition
    of your Linux root (with Slackware, this is something like
    root=/dev/hda6)... then reinstall LILO.

Jim