1. Off topic -- Linux help
I have just purchased Linux (Mandrake 7.2) and need some help installing it
to boot the way I want it to. My wife and I share the computer and she is
willing to have me take the disk space if she never has to see the new OS.
Is there a way I can set things up so Windows will boot from the hard drive
but I can boot Linux from a floppy or from the distro CD? Any advice from
the Linux experts? Thanks.
-- Mike
2. Re: Off topic -- Linux help
Mike,
I have win98 and mandrake 7.2 dual booting on my computer. When you install
the program it will set up a boot sector on your hard drive with a program
called grub. Then when you reboot after the installation you will be
presented with a screen with a choice of linux or windows. There is also a
another dual boot program in linux called LILO. But I like Grub better
because of the way it presents you a graphical screen at the boot up.
You can set how long it will remain in that boot choice and which operating
system you want to boot by default, by going into Drakconf in your linux
program. Drakconf is a graphical program to configure different options in
you linux system.
Sperry
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Nelson <MichaelANelson at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 11:15 AM
Subject: Off topic -- Linux help
> I have just purchased Linux (Mandrake 7.2) and need some help installing
it
> to boot the way I want it to. My wife and I share the computer and she is
> willing to have me take the disk space if she never has to see the new OS.
> Is there a way I can set things up so Windows will boot from the hard
drive
> but I can boot Linux from a floppy or from the distro CD? Any advice from
> the Linux experts? Thanks.
>
> -- Mike
>
3. Re: Off topic -- Linux help
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:21:16 -0500, Sperry Russ <slruss at STRATO.NET> wrote:
>Mike,
>
>I have win98 and mandrake 7.2 dual booting on my computer.
Sperry:
How about trying my Linux graphics eu_engin.e on your
version of Linux.
Thanks
Bernie
4. Re: Off topic -- Linux help
Bernie,
I downloaded you graphics program. I have been experimenting with Linux for
a while but I could not get the program to run. I don't know what it is
supposed to do anyhow. In most files I get for linux I have an executable
that I can run usually in /usr/bin or sbin--by clicking on it or running it
from the command line. Since I am totally new to programming of any kind
and euphoria I need to know how to execute the program or turn it into an
executable.
Sperry
]
----- Original Message -----
From: Bernie <xotron at LOCALNET.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Off topic -- Linux help
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:21:16 -0500, Sperry Russ <slruss at STRATO.NET> wrote:
>
> >Mike,
> >
> >I have win98 and mandrake 7.2 dual booting on my computer.
>
> Sperry:
>
> How about trying my Linux graphics eu_engin.e on your
> version of Linux.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bernie
>
