[TriLUG] SuSe Linux 6.4

[al johson]

To be clear, you really only need ONE new hard drive!! (plus two drawers)--I
did this so that in my experimentations I wouldn't destroy either system.
Also, if you should lose one or the other system, instead of losing both of
them one would still be working.--Al
P.S. great seeing everyone at the last meeting. When do we get the RPM
lesson??

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Wieman <rewieman at eos.ncsu.edu>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] SuSe Linux 6.4


> In the same vein, I've found that depending on the situation, boot disks
>   can be very handy.  The syslinux program makes it easy to make a boot
> floppy, and you can just put it in before you boot up if you want linux,
> and leave it out if you want windows.  (Of course, assuming the BIOS
> checks the floppy first to boot from.)  Even cheaper than hard drives. :)
>
> Going to the original problem, it sounds like Linux is starting, if it's
> going through the fs check.  So you're past LILO.  It sounds to me like
> there's an X problem.  I'd try to boot up in single user mode (IIRC,
> this means typing "single" after the LILO label for the kernel, e.g.,
> LILO: linux single ), switch to initlevel 3 (in /etc/inittab), and see
> if the problem happens when X tries to come up.  If so, it's a video
> driver thing, or an incorrect XF86Config-4, or something I don't know
> about.  :)
>
> Bob
>
>  >From: "al johson" <alfjon at mindspring.com>
>  >To: <trilug at trilug.org>
>  >Subject: Re: [TriLUG] SuSe Linux 6.4
>  >Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 01:13:49 -0500
>  >Reply-To: trilug at trilug.org
>  >
>  >I have a very simple solution to this problem. Go buy two hard drive
>  >"drawers" which you can put into a single "drawer holder" plus another
>  >inexpensive hard drive. Put Linux on one hard drive and Windows on
>  >another.
>  >If you want to run Linux put in the "Linux hard drive", or if you want
>to
>  >run Windows put in the "Windows hard drive". It takes just a minute to
>  >shut
>  >down either system, unlock the drawer  and put another drawer and lock
>it
>  >in. The only problem is that your hardware must be compatible with both
>  >systems. This also encourages you to eventually discard your Windows
>  >system
>  > [;-)]
>  >===========================
> <snip intermediate messages>
>
>  >
>  >-----Original Message-----
>  > From: Toney Rogers [mailto:tygra at us.ibm.com]
>  > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 4:09 PM
>  > To: trilug at trilug.org
>  > Subject: [TriLUG] SuSe Linux 6.4
>  >
>  >
>  > Hi.. I'm trying to dual boot a Win2K and SuSe Linux 6.4..  I have a PII
>  > 450, 196 Mb RAM..
>  > I suppose Win2K will not allow me to add Linux to MBR... have to use
>
> LILO..
>
>  > I have repartitioned and placed Linux on the larger partition.. the
> system
>  > boots to LILO, at with I choose Linux... It goes to check hardware and
>
> then
>
>  > filesystem     check... but after that it complains of an error or
>  > something... (I'll try and retreive that soon, would be helpful.)
>  > My screen then goes blank... monitor green light goes yellow... I have
a
>  > Trio 3D monitor... maybe some video driver issues.. Has anyone heard of
>  > this problem?
>  >
>  > Toney L Rogers
>  > Web Hosting
>  > 919-486-5259
>  >
>  >
>
>
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