Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1123 mails)

[schullersite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ken Schuller)]

Joseph Beaman wrote:
> 
> Sure,
> 
> I have windows 95 installed on the first partition of my hard drive.  I am
> using partition magic 3.0, and it's boot manager is installed on the second
> partition. The third partition is my linux swap partition, and finally I
> have my linux native partition on the remainder of the drive.  All of this
> is below 1024 cylinders, as LILO requires, but then I try to boot with Linux
> (SUSE), I get stuck at the L (in LILO).  Now, I have no problems with Redhat
> with the same configuration, but with SUSE I have to use a boot disk to
> load.

No, you don't.  You need to ensure the partition is active, both from
Partition Magic, and from YaST.  Had the same difficulty (I use System
Commander).

Ken

> 
> Joe
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx [<A HREF="mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx]On";>mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx]On</A>
> > Behalf Of Ken Schuller
> > Sent: Friday, June 26, 1998 5:19 PM
> > To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] thinking about suse
> >
> >
> >
> > Joseph Beaman wrote:
> > > SUSE
> > > is more readily configurable in terms of its Windows Managers, etc, but
> > > RedHat seems to have fewer difficulties coexisting with other operating
> > > systems (like Win95 or WinNT).
> >
> > Care to elaborate?  I haven't had any difficulties at all-  I'm curious
> > about what you're referring to.
> >
> > Ken
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Ken Schuller

Network Systems Specialist

NovaNET Learning, Inc.

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