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Re: [Wlug] What's the tally for the installfest???

by Andy Stewart

On Thursday 24 October 2002 9:56 am, doug waud wrote: > Hi all > > >>In case no one shows, ..... > > If a cable is pulled out and nobody it there to > see it, does the electricity go off? :-) > > doug :-) :-) :-) -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Oct. 25, 2002

Re: [Wlug] backup recomendation

by Andy Stewart

On Thursday 24 October 2002 9:55 am, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > What do people out there use for backup tools. Anyone use Amanda? > Any good? HI Karl, I use BRU at home for my backups on my SCSI TR5 tape drive and it works great. It is a commercial product and you can find more info here: http://www.tolisgroup.com/ Also, for a while I used Arkeia which seems to be more for professional environments and not for home users. It is also a commercial product. You can find more info here: http://www.arkeia.com/ Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Oct. 25, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Installfest

by Michael Long

I have successfully booted into windows but found some interesting behaviors along the way. It appears that I must have swapped the hard drives at some point. The latest OS resides on hda1. Using YaST2 I added another boot definition pointing to windows on hdb1. FYI...YaST behaves differently when launched from within X than when launched from a shell with no X. After rebooting I get the lilo prompt to select an OS. I select windows and am then presented another lilo prompt (SuSE 7.0?) to select an OS. After choosing windows a second time, windows is successfully launched. This accomplishes what I need...but it would be nice to understand what is happening so I could get rid of the second OS prompt. Obviously I have done several installs on my system onto different drives. I have read the man page for lilo.conf and understood only a fraction of what it was trying to tell me. Can someone point me to some other resources that will help me to understand what is happening during the boot process? Thanks > Mike, > > You're almost home free. Take a gander at /etc/lilo.conf. You should see an > entry in there for booting windows and a timeout value. You should be able > to edit the file and install the changes by running lilo. > > Try man lilo for help. If still stuck, post your lilo.conf file... >

Oct. 25, 2002

RE: [Wlug] backup recomendation

by Brett Russ

> Then every month I'd like to take one of the full backups and put it > away for long term storage. > > My backup media is a 120GB IDE disks in a removable drive trays. > Take them home for off site storage. Are you reusing these drives or buying new ones every month? > One thing I'm trying now is: rsync the three servers to the local > 120 GB disk. From local disk create tar files. Bad part about it > is I have to store an extra 40GB on the disk of local copies of the > servers. I can't just tar over NFS, because the files on the server > may be changing as the tar is created. Tar bitches when that happens. I wonder if LVM would help you. You can create a snapshot in time of your filesystem and back that up without worrying about anything changing. There are of course many more possibilities, see http://www.sistina.com/products_LVM_publications.htm and check out the SuSe whitepaper. BR

Oct. 25, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Installfest

by Wes Allen

ARRGH, ARRGH, DIE! DIE! Down Boy! ;-) On Thursday 24 October 2002 3:07 pm, Michael Long wrote: > Thanks to everyone for all the help. I was afraid I would have to drag > my computer to Worcester tonight to get this done. Instead I will arrive > without it. Since I have not learned how to do x-forwarding with ssh > yet, I will have to wait until later tonight to actually attempt this. > > --mike > > ps. This just goes to show you can make great progress with a little > heresy ;) > > > Mike, > > > > You're almost home free. Take a gander at /etc/lilo.conf. You should > > see an > > > entry in there for booting windows and a timeout value. You should be > > able to edit the file and install the changes by running lilo. > > > > Try man lilo for help. If still stuck, post your lilo.conf file... > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > > > Behalf Of Michael Long > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:22 PM > > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > Subject: RE: [Wlug] Installfest > > > > > > > > > I did not rejumper the drives. I believe I told SuSE to use the second > > > drive and ignore the first. I may be wrong about this since it was > > > awhile ago that I did the initial install. I do know that I > > > am not asked > > > whether or not to boot windows. Yast2 does have the ability to modify > > > lilo. This is either not stable or allows the users to screw > > > up because > > > Yast2 appears to be locked on my laptop after going into the > > > configuration tool :( > > > > > > Normally I would reject the idea of switching to Grub at this > > > point but > > > since SuSE 8.x is using it I am willing to entertain the idea. Being > > > that I am primarely a database/web developer and not a linux > > > programmer > > > how will Grub enhance my linux experiance? > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > Absolutely! I'm guessing you rejumpered the drives to make > > > > > > the second > > > drive > > > > > > > the primary. I'd recommend using grub as your boot loader. > > > > > > You can install > > > > > > > it in the MBR of the drive that has Windows on it, rejumper the > > > > > > drives, and > > > > > > > simply change /etc/mtab to reflect the new state of the world. > > > > > > > > Grub is nice, in that it allows you to tweak your boot "ini" file > > > > > > during the > > > > > > > boot process in case you made a mistake. Check out the HOWTOs at > > > > www.tldp.org on how to setup dual boot. > > > > > > > > --Skip > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > > > > > Behalf Of Michael Long > > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:34 PM > > > > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Installfest > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I neglected to mention one little detail. When I bought the > > > > > computer it > > > > > came with windows98 installed one harddrive and a second > > > > > > unformatted > > > > > > > > drive. I did a new install of SuSE onto the second harddrive. This > > > > > effectively made windows unavailable. I have not done > > > > > > anything to the > > > > > > > > first drive other than mount it as a fat partition. Would it > > > > > be possible > > > > > to resurrect this windows installation and have it live in > > > > > harmony with > > > > > my current installation of SuSE? > > > > > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, well, I'm a Pastor at a conservative church that > > > > > > think doctrine > > > > > > > > matters; > > > > > > > > > > > so naturally everyone thinks I'm a heretic. It's nice > > > > > > to pass the > > > > > > > > buck once > > > > > > > > > > > in a while ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know suse from a hole in the wall, so beyond editing > > > > > > > > > > /etc/lilo.conf > > > > > > > > > > > by hand and running lilo as root I can't help you. But it > > > > > > > > > > seems to me > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > > > yast should have something in it's workings to edit the > > > > > > > > > > boot config. > > > > > Let me > > > > > > > > > > > just say that I would be utterly shocked if it didn't. > > > > > > > > > > > > Other than that, since you're a newbie, you may want to backup > > > > > > > > > > lilo.conf via: > > > > > > mv lilo.conf lilo.backup > > > > > > > > > > > > and then read the man page on lilo.conf: > > > > > > > > > > > > man lilo.conf > > > > > > > > > > > > to edit your boot configuration by hand. Just remember if > > > > > > > > > > you go this > > > > > way > > > > > > > > > > > you'll have to run "lilo" to get the updated configuration > > > > > > > > > > installed. > > > > > > > > > > > Also, if you're going to install win98, MAKE SURE YOU > > > > > > HAVE A BOOT > > > > > > > > DISK. Win98 > > > > > > > > > > > will OVER-WRITE your mbr and lilo will be GONE. What you'l > > > > > > > > > > have to do is > > > > > > > > > > > after win98 is installed boot from your boot disk and > > > > > > run "lilo" as > > > > > > > > root in > > > > > > > > > > > the shell. That'll reinstall lilo on the master boot record. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anything I'm missing gang? > > > > > > > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday 24 October 2002 12:17 pm, Michael Long wrote: > > > > > > > It is not easy being a heretic scum but someone has > > > > > > to do it... :) > > > > > > > > > > I am using SuSE 7.3 and would like to install windblows > > > > > > > > > > 98. I don't have > > > > > > > > > > > > 2000 and NT does not support usb. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > > > DIE, DIE, HERETIC SCUM! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, now that I've got that out of my system ;-) > > > > > > > > > > what distro are you > > > > > > > > > > > > using? I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > know that Mandrake has a lilo conf tool that will > > > > > > > > > > basically do it for > > > > > > > > > > > > > you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wlug mailing list > > > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wlug mailing list > > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wlug mailing list > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

Oct. 24, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Installfest

by Michael Long

Thanks to everyone for all the help. I was afraid I would have to drag my computer to Worcester tonight to get this done. Instead I will arrive without it. Since I have not learned how to do x-forwarding with ssh yet, I will have to wait until later tonight to actually attempt this. --mike ps. This just goes to show you can make great progress with a little heresy ;) > Mike, > > You're almost home free. Take a gander at /etc/lilo.conf. You should see an > entry in there for booting windows and a timeout value. You should be able > to edit the file and install the changes by running lilo. > > Try man lilo for help. If still stuck, post your lilo.conf file... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > > Behalf Of Michael Long > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:22 PM > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Subject: RE: [Wlug] Installfest > > > > > > I did not rejumper the drives. I believe I told SuSE to use the second > > drive and ignore the first. I may be wrong about this since it was > > awhile ago that I did the initial install. I do know that I > > am not asked > > whether or not to boot windows. Yast2 does have the ability to modify > > lilo. This is either not stable or allows the users to screw > > up because > > Yast2 appears to be locked on my laptop after going into the > > configuration tool :( > > > > Normally I would reject the idea of switching to Grub at this > > point but > > since SuSE 8.x is using it I am willing to entertain the idea. Being > > that I am primarely a database/web developer and not a linux > > programmer > > how will Grub enhance my linux experiance? > > > > mike > > > > > Absolutely! I'm guessing you rejumpered the drives to make > > the second > > drive > > > the primary. I'd recommend using grub as your boot loader. > > You can install > > > it in the MBR of the drive that has Windows on it, rejumper the > > drives, and > > > simply change /etc/mtab to reflect the new state of the world. > > > > > > Grub is nice, in that it allows you to tweak your boot "ini" file > > during the > > > boot process in case you made a mistake. Check out the HOWTOs at > > > www.tldp.org on how to setup dual boot. > > > > > > --Skip > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > > > > Behalf Of Michael Long > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:34 PM > > > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Installfest > > > > > > > > > > > > I neglected to mention one little detail. When I bought the > > > > computer it > > > > came with windows98 installed one harddrive and a second > > unformatted > > > > drive. I did a new install of SuSE onto the second harddrive. This > > > > effectively made windows unavailable. I have not done > > anything to the > > > > first drive other than mount it as a fat partition. Would it > > > > be possible > > > > to resurrect this windows installation and have it live in > > > > harmony with > > > > my current installation of SuSE? > > > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > > > Yes, well, I'm a Pastor at a conservative church that > > think doctrine > > > > matters; > > > > > so naturally everyone thinks I'm a heretic. It's nice > > to pass the > > > > buck once > > > > > in a while ;-) > > > > > > > > > > I don't know suse from a hole in the wall, so beyond editing > > > > /etc/lilo.conf > > > > > by hand and running lilo as root I can't help you. But it > > > > seems to me > > > > that > > > > > yast should have something in it's workings to edit the > > > > boot config. > > > > Let me > > > > > just say that I would be utterly shocked if it didn't. > > > > > > > > > > Other than that, since you're a newbie, you may want to backup > > > > lilo.conf via: > > > > > > > > > > mv lilo.conf lilo.backup > > > > > > > > > > and then read the man page on lilo.conf: > > > > > > > > > > man lilo.conf > > > > > > > > > > to edit your boot configuration by hand. Just remember if > > > > you go this > > > > way > > > > > you'll have to run "lilo" to get the updated configuration > > > > installed. > > > > > > > > > > Also, if you're going to install win98, MAKE SURE YOU > > HAVE A BOOT > > > > DISK. Win98 > > > > > will OVER-WRITE your mbr and lilo will be GONE. What you'l > > > > have to do is > > > > > after win98 is installed boot from your boot disk and > > run "lilo" as > > > > root in > > > > > the shell. That'll reinstall lilo on the master boot record. > > > > > > > > > > Anything I'm missing gang? > > > > > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday 24 October 2002 12:17 pm, Michael Long wrote: > > > > > > It is not easy being a heretic scum but someone has > > to do it... :) > > > > > > > > > > > > I am using SuSE 7.3 and would like to install windblows > > > > 98. I don't have > > > > > > 2000 and NT does not support usb. > > > > > > > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > > DIE, DIE, HERETIC SCUM! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, now that I've got that out of my system ;-) > > > > what distro are you > > > > > > > > > > > > using? I > > > > > > > > > > > > > know that Mandrake has a lilo conf tool that will > > > > basically do it for > > > > > > > you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wlug mailing list > > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wlug mailing list > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

Oct. 24, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Installfest

by Skip Gaede

Mike, You're almost home free. Take a gander at /etc/lilo.conf. You should see an entry in there for booting windows and a timeout value. You should be able to edit the file and install the changes by running lilo. Try man lilo for help. If still stuck, post your lilo.conf file... > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > Behalf Of Michael Long > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:22 PM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: RE: [Wlug] Installfest > > > I did not rejumper the drives. I believe I told SuSE to use the second > drive and ignore the first. I may be wrong about this since it was > awhile ago that I did the initial install. I do know that I > am not asked > whether or not to boot windows. Yast2 does have the ability to modify > lilo. This is either not stable or allows the users to screw > up because > Yast2 appears to be locked on my laptop after going into the > configuration tool :( > > Normally I would reject the idea of switching to Grub at this > point but > since SuSE 8.x is using it I am willing to entertain the idea. Being > that I am primarely a database/web developer and not a linux > programmer > how will Grub enhance my linux experiance? > > mike > > > Absolutely! I'm guessing you rejumpered the drives to make > the second > drive > > the primary. I'd recommend using grub as your boot loader. > You can install > > it in the MBR of the drive that has Windows on it, rejumper the > drives, and > > simply change /etc/mtab to reflect the new state of the world. > > > > Grub is nice, in that it allows you to tweak your boot "ini" file > during the > > boot process in case you made a mistake. Check out the HOWTOs at > > www.tldp.org on how to setup dual boot. > > > > --Skip > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > > > Behalf Of Michael Long > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:34 PM > > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Installfest > > > > > > > > > I neglected to mention one little detail. When I bought the > > > computer it > > > came with windows98 installed one harddrive and a second > unformatted > > > drive. I did a new install of SuSE onto the second harddrive. This > > > effectively made windows unavailable. I have not done > anything to the > > > first drive other than mount it as a fat partition. Would it > > > be possible > > > to resurrect this windows installation and have it live in > > > harmony with > > > my current installation of SuSE? > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > Yes, well, I'm a Pastor at a conservative church that > think doctrine > > > matters; > > > > so naturally everyone thinks I'm a heretic. It's nice > to pass the > > > buck once > > > > in a while ;-) > > > > > > > > I don't know suse from a hole in the wall, so beyond editing > > > /etc/lilo.conf > > > > by hand and running lilo as root I can't help you. But it > > > seems to me > > > that > > > > yast should have something in it's workings to edit the > > > boot config. > > > Let me > > > > just say that I would be utterly shocked if it didn't. > > > > > > > > Other than that, since you're a newbie, you may want to backup > > > lilo.conf via: > > > > > > > > mv lilo.conf lilo.backup > > > > > > > > and then read the man page on lilo.conf: > > > > > > > > man lilo.conf > > > > > > > > to edit your boot configuration by hand. Just remember if > > > you go this > > > way > > > > you'll have to run "lilo" to get the updated configuration > > > installed. > > > > > > > > Also, if you're going to install win98, MAKE SURE YOU > HAVE A BOOT > > > DISK. Win98 > > > > will OVER-WRITE your mbr and lilo will be GONE. What you'l > > > have to do is > > > > after win98 is installed boot from your boot disk and > run "lilo" as > > > root in > > > > the shell. That'll reinstall lilo on the master boot record. > > > > > > > > Anything I'm missing gang? > > > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday 24 October 2002 12:17 pm, Michael Long wrote: > > > > > It is not easy being a heretic scum but someone has > to do it... :) > > > > > > > > > > I am using SuSE 7.3 and would like to install windblows > > > 98. I don't have > > > > > 2000 and NT does not support usb. > > > > > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > DIE, DIE, HERETIC SCUM! > > > > > > > > > > > > OK, now that I've got that out of my system ;-) > > > what distro are you > > > > > > > > > > using? I > > > > > > > > > > > know that Mandrake has a lilo conf tool that will > > > basically do it for > > > > > > you. > > > > > > > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wlug mailing list > > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Oct. 24, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Installfest

by Michael Long

I did not rejumper the drives. I believe I told SuSE to use the second drive and ignore the first. I may be wrong about this since it was awhile ago that I did the initial install. I do know that I am not asked whether or not to boot windows. Yast2 does have the ability to modify lilo. This is either not stable or allows the users to screw up because Yast2 appears to be locked on my laptop after going into the configuration tool :( Normally I would reject the idea of switching to Grub at this point but since SuSE 8.x is using it I am willing to entertain the idea. Being that I am primarely a database/web developer and not a linux programmer how will Grub enhance my linux experiance? mike > Absolutely! I'm guessing you rejumpered the drives to make the second drive > the primary. I'd recommend using grub as your boot loader. You can install > it in the MBR of the drive that has Windows on it, rejumper the drives, and > simply change /etc/mtab to reflect the new state of the world. > > Grub is nice, in that it allows you to tweak your boot "ini" file during the > boot process in case you made a mistake. Check out the HOWTOs at > www.tldp.org on how to setup dual boot. > > --Skip > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > > Behalf Of Michael Long > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:34 PM > > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Installfest > > > > > > I neglected to mention one little detail. When I bought the > > computer it > > came with windows98 installed one harddrive and a second unformatted > > drive. I did a new install of SuSE onto the second harddrive. This > > effectively made windows unavailable. I have not done anything to the > > first drive other than mount it as a fat partition. Would it > > be possible > > to resurrect this windows installation and have it live in > > harmony with > > my current installation of SuSE? > > > > mike > > > > > Yes, well, I'm a Pastor at a conservative church that think doctrine > > matters; > > > so naturally everyone thinks I'm a heretic. It's nice to pass the > > buck once > > > in a while ;-) > > > > > > I don't know suse from a hole in the wall, so beyond editing > > /etc/lilo.conf > > > by hand and running lilo as root I can't help you. But it > > seems to me > > that > > > yast should have something in it's workings to edit the > > boot config. > > Let me > > > just say that I would be utterly shocked if it didn't. > > > > > > Other than that, since you're a newbie, you may want to backup > > lilo.conf via: > > > > > > mv lilo.conf lilo.backup > > > > > > and then read the man page on lilo.conf: > > > > > > man lilo.conf > > > > > > to edit your boot configuration by hand. Just remember if > > you go this > > way > > > you'll have to run "lilo" to get the updated configuration > > installed. > > > > > > Also, if you're going to install win98, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BOOT > > DISK. Win98 > > > will OVER-WRITE your mbr and lilo will be GONE. What you'l > > have to do is > > > after win98 is installed boot from your boot disk and run "lilo" as > > root in > > > the shell. That'll reinstall lilo on the master boot record. > > > > > > Anything I'm missing gang? > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > On Thursday 24 October 2002 12:17 pm, Michael Long wrote: > > > > It is not easy being a heretic scum but someone has to do it... :) > > > > > > > > I am using SuSE 7.3 and would like to install windblows > > 98. I don't have > > > > 2000 and NT does not support usb. > > > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > DIE, DIE, HERETIC SCUM! > > > > > > > > > > OK, now that I've got that out of my system ;-) > > what distro are you > > > > > > > > using? I > > > > > > > > > know that Mandrake has a lilo conf tool that will > > basically do it for > > > > > you. > > > > > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

Oct. 24, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Installfest

by George Metz

Sure will. I know that YaST has a tool for Lilo config under the System Administration tool; just use that to set things up and you should be golden. Obviously, select the drive with the Windows install on it for the partition. Not sure where this functionality is hiding in YaST 2/graphical YaST, as the only place I have SuSE at the moment is on my server, and it decidedly does NOT like doing X forwarding for some reason. > -----Original Message----- > From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On > Behalf Of Michael Long > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:34 PM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: Re: [Wlug] Installfest > > > I neglected to mention one little detail. When I bought the computer it > came with windows98 installed one harddrive and a second unformatted > drive. I did a new install of SuSE onto the second harddrive. This > effectively made windows unavailable. I have not done anything to the > first drive other than mount it as a fat partition. Would it be possible > to resurrect this windows installation and have it live in harmony with > my current installation of SuSE? > > mike

Oct. 24, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Installfest

by Wes Allen

If you didn't erase it, it's still there. I'm surprised you don't have an option to boot from it, suse should have auto-detected it! Wes On Thursday 24 October 2002 1:33 pm, Michael Long wrote: > I neglected to mention one little detail. When I bought the computer it > came with windows98 installed one harddrive and a second unformatted > drive. I did a new install of SuSE onto the second harddrive. This > effectively made windows unavailable. I have not done anything to the > first drive other than mount it as a fat partition. Would it be possible > to resurrect this windows installation and have it live in harmony with > my current installation of SuSE? > > mike > > > Yes, well, I'm a Pastor at a conservative church that think doctrine > > matters; > > > so naturally everyone thinks I'm a heretic. It's nice to pass the > > buck once > > > in a while ;-) > > > > I don't know suse from a hole in the wall, so beyond editing > > /etc/lilo.conf > > > by hand and running lilo as root I can't help you. But it seems to me > > that > > > yast should have something in it's workings to edit the boot config. > > Let me > > > just say that I would be utterly shocked if it didn't. > > > > Other than that, since you're a newbie, you may want to backup > > lilo.conf via: > > mv lilo.conf lilo.backup > > > > and then read the man page on lilo.conf: > > > > man lilo.conf > > > > to edit your boot configuration by hand. Just remember if you go this > > way > > > you'll have to run "lilo" to get the updated configuration installed. > > > > Also, if you're going to install win98, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BOOT > > DISK. Win98 > > > will OVER-WRITE your mbr and lilo will be GONE. What you'l have to do is > > after win98 is installed boot from your boot disk and run "lilo" as > > root in > > > the shell. That'll reinstall lilo on the master boot record. > > > > Anything I'm missing gang? > > > > Wes > > > > On Thursday 24 October 2002 12:17 pm, Michael Long wrote: > > > It is not easy being a heretic scum but someone has to do it... :) > > > > > > I am using SuSE 7.3 and would like to install windblows 98. I don't > > > have 2000 and NT does not support usb. > > > > > > mike > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > DIE, DIE, HERETIC SCUM! > > > > > > > > OK, now that I've got that out of my system ;-) what distro are you > > > > > > using? I > > > > > > > know that Mandrake has a lilo conf tool that will basically do it for > > > > you. > > > > > > > > Wes > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

Oct. 24, 2002