Thanks to everyone responded. I'll do the installation over the weekend.

Roshan

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>From:  toback2[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Tuesday, November 10, 1998 4:57 PM
>To:    Shah, Roshan (Windsor, HQ); [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: Offtopic : LINUX on PC
>
>Roshan Shah writes:
>
>>How do I install LINUX on my PC ?
>>
>>
>>Here are the details :
>>
>>1) I've done 3 partitions of my Hard Disk. C , D & E. ( They are DOS
>>Partitions )
>>    In C: I've installed Windows '95.
>>
>>How do I install LINUX and make it my first Bootable O/S. If I want to
>>go to Windows '95 then How do I do it from LUNIX ? Do I have to reboot
>>in some other fashion ?
>>
>>Do  I have to take some specific care when installing LINUX ? i.e Boot
>>the PC from Bootable Disk and not Windows' 95 / etc ? or maybe the
>>Partition won't work & I've to do it other way ?
>
>When you install Linux, you'll have several options. The best one is to
>give Linux its own partition. If you do this, you'll be able to install
>the Linux boot loader, LILO, and it will boot any bootable partition. You
>can set the order arbitrarily. On my LInux boxes, I install a small DOS
>partition, typically 20MB, so that I can boot DOS to run hardware
>configuration programs and so on. The systems always boot into Linux
>unless I intervene manually -- there's a configurable timeout at the boot
>prompt, after which LILO loads the designated primary operating system
>automatically.
>
>Another thing you can do is install Linux in a DOS directory, and use the
>LOADLIN program. This keeps you from having to create a special Linux
>partition, but you'll be restricted to DOS-type file systems. You can put
>LOADLIN in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file if you want to boot automatically into
>LInux.
>
>-- Bruce
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