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[beamanj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Joseph Beaman)]

Actually, that wasn't it either... I just fixed it.  It had to do with the
linear option in LILO.  In Partition magic, only the boot manager partition
should be active--although both the WIn95 (in my case) and linux partitions
need to be marked bootable.

> -----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 6:37 PM
> To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] thinking about suse
>
>
>
> 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
> > > --
> > >
> > > Ken Schuller
> > >
> > > Network Systems Specialist
> > >
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> Ken Schuller
>
> Network Systems Specialist
>
> NovaNET Learning, Inc.
>
> <hint> Take out the spam foil to reply via e-mail. </hint>
>
> Incidentally, I speak for me.  That's all.  No one else.
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