[ILUG] Installing windows after a lapse

[Breathnach, Proinnsias(Dublin)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dave Neary [SMTP:dave at karpov.eeng.dcu.ie]
> Subject:	Re: [ILUG] Installing windows after a lapse
> 
> On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Bernard Tyers wrote:
> 
> Because hda1 is my Linux root partition :) I've been an exclusively Linux
> user for a couple of years, and I would like to keep the Linux bits as
> they are. I wasn't aware that Win95 will only install on hda (a feature,
> not a bug?), but I will try swapping master and slave about (would it
> be wise to make a boot disk with root=/dev/hdb1, and change
> (temporarily) fstab to mount stuff in the right places?)
		
> Once I've got windows installed finally, will there be a problem when I
> swap the disks again and just give lilo hdb4 as the location of windows?
> Or will it have a problem seeing C: on hdb4? My gut tells me no, but I'd
> like reassurance :)
> 
Dave, just let your lilo setup fool windows ...

(as ever read the man pages first - my memory is no hard disk)

you can put a set of commands in the 'other' section ...

...
Other=/dev/hdb1
	label=Windows
	map 0x80 to 0x81
	map 0x81 to 0x80
...

This'll effectivelly let windows 'Think' it's on hda when it's on hdb ...

Proinnsias