-=> JASEN BETTS wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 JB> There are two other ways to do it.

 JB> one is to make a small primary linux partiton for the boot files before
 JB> the first FAT partition.

This sounds like the solutionn I'm actually looking for.
How does LoadLin operate in a Linux native partition or is some other
utility used?
Feel free to elaborate a bit as I've never setup this way but this is the
way I want to go on my Win 98 - Linux box

 JB> so hda1 is the linux boot files hda2 is the FAT32 C: drive and hda5 the
 JB> second FAT32 (D:)  and hda6 and up etc are the linux partitions.

 JB> the other way is to put the linux boot files on the FAT drive and use
 JB> the windows boot menu to boot dos 7.10 and from there use loadlin.exe
 JB> to boot linux.

 JB> doing it your way, IIRC if you set the S file attdibute defrag will
 JB> leave the file in place.

Great tip as I had not thought of that. Would doing so
relocate the file at the start of the drive if one were to
set that attribute and defrag for system speed?
My guess is it would but do you happen to know?

I've a small Linux release here called Dragon Linux that operates on
a FAT 32 partition but when unzipped it's out beyond
1024 cylinders and I get a kernal panic message.
Seems alot of people don't like running Linux and Windows on the
same drive but I'm not one of them.
 
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