HD Install :: Frugal installation

Quote (JohnJS @ Nov. 05 2006,10:11)

Thanks T.H.T.
Pardon my ignorance but if I change the bios to boot from hdb will I still be able to use Win2k on drive C?.

"Install Grub to hda" I thought that was in the Frugal script.

"Bootfloppy/cd" would that be the "poormans" install?

Have to keep Win2k until I find alternative Linux programs to replace the ones I have.

Windows typically sees itself as the only OS on the machine. The NT ones like 2K and XP have a habit of showing your linux partition as "free space" and offer to reformat what it sees as empty space. Check the "Don't show this message again" button in the dialog box.

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He was referring to using the bootloader to be able to boot windows, which can handle it.

btw, win2k can be on vfat as well.

Frustration setting in.
Unable to get Frugal Grub to work.
using Pent II 233mhz 324mb ram.
Win2k on Drive C.
Drive D (10g) formatted to fat32.
cfdisk:
hdb1 type 82 swap 500mb
hdb2 boot type 83 linux 60mb
hdb3 type 83 linux (rest of drive).
mkswap /dev/hdb1
mkfs.ext2 /dev/hdb2
Lilo uses hda only.
Grub to hdb2. Still starts in Win2k on bootup.
Still getting "ext2 -fs warning maximal mount count reached run e2fsck recommended".
Ran e2fsck -p (per menu) but no change.
Where am I going wrong?.

What exactly is wrong? that e2fsck message is just a warning, and shouldn't matter.

When you have multiple drives, it is up to you to install and/or edit bootloaders. As stated before there is no automatic setup for multiple drives. The latest dsl-3.1RC3 does have frugal_lilo now using the partition and not the mbr. If your machine suports booting from 2nd, 3rd drive by marked active partition then try that. Otherwise you will have to install and setup grub or other bootloaders for your particular multidrive setup. Bottom line, your question is how to setup grub in a multidrive setup.

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