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@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On
> > Behalf Of Michael Long
> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 2:22 PM
> > To: wlug@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@mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org]On
> > > > Behalf Of Michael Long
> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:34 PM
> > > > To: wlug@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
> > > > > > >
> > > >
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