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Date:	Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:05:31 -0700
From:	"Jon Harrison" <jharrison@seadog.reno.nv.us >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Preparing new HDD for (MORE than ) eCS -- boot

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On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:47:27 -0700, J R FOX wrote:

>Otherwise, is the safety
>of the situation markedly improved by putting Linux on
>first, and eCS last ?

It depends on what you want to see when the computer boots. You
can install Linux and have Lilo (or Grub) manage the other OS's
(taking the place of BM). You can even have Lilo boot to BM and
then have whatever your BM is controlling go from there. My point
was that if you want to install Linux on a computer with other OS's
on it you should be aware that the easy or default install will
automatically put Lilo in the MBR and you will have to fiddle with
your other systems to get them going again. You can search Google
for tips on how to proceed but if no one mentions it you will be
bitten when you install if you don't choose Advanced (and then
there is the morass of other stuff that you have to deal with to
install Linux that if you are not familiar with will cause you no
end of frustration).

Since I primarily use OS2 I don't want to boot to Lilo and then use
it to boot to OS2. It's only one more keystroke but it's the IDEA
of it that bothers me. That's my problem, maybe others will find
it a satisfactory solution.

I gave up on multiple OS boot's. It's just too much hassle,
especially when I have to upgrade and then start tweaking
everything and trying to remember just what it was that I did last
time. Updating the browser is more than enough hassle for me.
Computers are so cheap, especially if you go to eBay or Dell Outlet
(or get one of their Open Source computers) that I'd rather have a
separate computer dedicated to an OS. The only multiple OS's I
have are XP running under VPC and that is not really a multi-boot.
I do have an older computer that hasn't seen power in probably a
year that has 2 flavors of linux, W98, & WinNT managed by System
Commander. I can't even find time to keep eCS up to date, much
less fool with the rest of them.

Jon

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