Do BeOS v5 And LILO Conflict With Each Other? 20
ghoul asks: "Hi, I already have Linux 6.1 on my hard disk in a separate partition
with LILO in the FAT. Now I am planning to install BeOS 5 which according to their site can work out of Win 98 (which is what I have on my other partition) by just double clicking it as a Win application
The site also says the way this works is that the OS boots out of a large file in the FAT. What will this do to LILO and is this dangerous? I would rather not try out anything with Be than trash my Win Partition as I have a lot of important assignment work on it."
own partion (Score:1)
Trashing assignment work? (Score:1)
When you plan on installing a new OS you should *always* make a backup copy of important files as well as a bootdisk in case you somehow screw up the boot loader.
I know this doesn't answer your question but I hope this advice is of some value to you anyway.
BeOS Conflicts (Score:1)
There is also a loader for Linux.
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"What do I care, if life ain't fair,
If you look at me real sore.
I've paid my dues and you should too,
as a son-of-a-bitch to the core"
Re:Red Hat Is NOT Linux (Score:1)
Re:Red Hat Is NOT Linux (Score:1)
Anyways, nitpickers rule!
Red Hat Is NOT Linux (Score:2)
Re:Red Hat Is NOT Linux (Score:1)
Debian is still in pre-potato... or something...
Re:Red Hat Is NOT Linux (Score:1)
BeOS R5 + Linux ( + Windows) (Score:2)
If you decide you need more space for BeOS, or you get tired of loading Windows first, you can install BeOS onto its own partition (I believe that The BeTips Server [betips.net] has information on how to do this, and boot into it directly. There are two ways of doing this:
Provided you know how to make a partition, etc. neither of these methods should result in lose of data either. I use bootman as my main bootloader, and it works fine for loading Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, and BeOS. I installed BeOS after the other three OSes, and I had no problems with lose of bootloaders for anything. Of course, LILO also works at doing all of these (if I select Linux, it loads LILO where I can select any of the others instead of Linux again if I want to).
If you have important information on your Windows partition, you should A) back it up, and B) make a rescue disk. If you accidently wipe the MBR somehow and *NEED* to get to your work, you can always do an "disk /mbr" on your Windows partition, and that should allow your computer to boot straight into Windows. With Linux, you can always boot off of a resuce floppy (usually, at the LILO prompt, you type the kernel name, ie "vmlinuz" and then "root=/dev/hdwhatever drive and partition") and just re-run LILO to return the MBR to its previous state of Linux and Windows co-operation.
What! (Score:1)
Chris Hagar
Re:Red Hat Is NOT Linux (Score:2)
^Z
no conflict (Score:1)
Re:What! (Score:1)
Re:Red Hat Is NOT Linux (Score:1)
Well he couldn't possibly mean Slackware, as it went from 4 to 7.
no. LILO is safe. (Score:1)
Re:BeOS 5 for linux (Score:1)
good job! at least someone knows what they're doing. Only three months or so to go... DOJ Power!
Re:BeOS 5 for linux (Score:1)
good job! at least someone knows what they're doing. Only three months or so to go... DOJ Power!
BeOS 5 for linux (Score:1)
Linux 6.1? (Score:2)
LILO & BeOS: no prob... (Score:1)