[CALUG] Newbie questions

Danyelle Gragsone ladynikon at gmail.com
Fri Sep 23 14:15:32 CDT 2005


yeah.. windows will do that.

On 9/23/05, junekis at comcast.net <junekis at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> OK then. Winders 2003 has over-written the boot pointer on the first
> sector of your hard drive.
>
> You can hack the windows boot.ini file to also boot linux
>
> See the article at:
>
> http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/2337
>
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is my second install. This system actually has 4 partitions. Linux
> > root, Linux swap, FAT for Windows 98, and NTFS for Win Server 2003. All
> > three operating systems are installed. RH9 was first. Right now! MS
> > Server 2003 loads on startup.
> >
> > Dont know the answer to PPP over ethernet. Linux directories are
> viewable
> > using the rescue disk. RH9 was fully installed and running until I
> > installed MS Server 2003. I need that for a class now.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Russ
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Danyelle Gragsone wrote:
> >
> > > do you have pppoe installed? are you trying to do this during an
> > > installation or do you already have rh9 set up?
> > >
> > > grub afaik is console only. its fairly simple to set up.
> > > This is C&P from the gentoo handbook which i use fairly often ;).
> > >
> > > # Which listing to boot as default. 0 is the first, 1 the second etc.
> > > default 0
> > > # How many seconds to wait before the default listing is booted.
> > > timeout 30
> > > # Nice, fat splash-image to spice things up :)
> > > # Comment out if you don't have a graphics card installed
> > > splashimage=3D(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > >
> > > title=3DGentoo Linux 2.6.11-r11
> > > # Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
> > > root (hd0,0)
> > > kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 root=3D/dev/hda3
> > >
> > > # The next four lines are only if you dualboot with a Windows system.
> > > # In this case, Windows is hosted on /dev/hda6.
> > > title=3DWindows XP
> > > rootnoverify (hd0,5)
> > > makeactive
> > > chainloader +1
> > >
> > > and of course starting grub
> > > grub
> > >
> > > grub> root (hd0,0) (Specify where your /boot partition resides)
> > > grub> setup (hd0) (Install GRUB in the MBR)
> > > grub> quit (Exit the GRUB shell)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/23/05, Russ <rmain at polaris.umuc.edu> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > How can I establish a web connection with RH9 or any version of
> Linux for
> > > > that matter? I realize this may be a simple task, but I dont know a
> whole
> > > > lot about establishing connections. Can I use an AOL access number
> to do
> > > > this, or do I need their software to access that connection number?
> > > >
> > > > Secondly, is grub a command line tool only, or can I start a grub
> GUI.
> > > > I dont feel comfortable using the grub tool yet. I have downloaded
> the
> > > > GRUB manual, so I can try and educate myself with that. Right now
> I'm in
> > > > two classes, and I work full time. I would love to experiment and
> learn
> > > > more, but I need that computer for homework right now.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > >
> > > > Russ Main
> > > >
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> >
> > Russ Main
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