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Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes
From: |
Martin Stricker |
Subject: |
Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 02:06:17 +0100 |
Devon wrote:
> On Monday 25 March 2002 08:39 am, Marco Fioretti wrote:
> > Hello, all
> >
> > what should we say if asked "will miniconda/slinky damage
> > my other Win *9x/NT/2K/XP partition"?
>
> Miniconda, just like the stock Red Hat installer asks where you want
> to install the boot loader. It also detects (at least) a windows
> install and adds an entry to dual boot.
But it's quite dumb there: *Any* primary FAT/VFAT/VFAT32 or NTFS
partition will show up there, there is no real OS-probing. If I find
this behavior in Skipjack, too, I'll bugzilla it.
> Slinky asks before running Lilo, gives the option to opt out, and
> doesn't even attempt to detect another OS.
> However, it does offer to create a boot disk.
> I could also easily add an option to write lilo to a floppy.
I think for now slinky doesn't need OS detection - before that it must
be able to use other partitions than the default /dev/hda[1-3]. If there
already is a Windows it'll sit in /dev/hda1 and maybe /dev/hda5.
Devon, take the time you need for this, you do an *outstanding* job
already!!!
Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, (continued)
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Martin Stricker, 2002/03/26
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Devon, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, James, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Devon, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Devon, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Martin Stricker, 2002/03/27
Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes,
Martin Stricker <=
Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, James, 2002/03/26
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Devon, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, James, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Devon, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Devon, 2002/03/27
- Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Gordon Buzowetsky, 2002/03/29
Re: [Rule-list] Miniconda, slinky, and other OSes, Marco Fioretti, 2002/03/25