From: Conor Daly (conor.daly at domain oceanfree.net)
Date: Thu 18 May 2000 - 01:57:33 IST
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From: McDaid, Aaron <Aaron.McDaid at domain compaq.com>
To: ilug at domain linux.ie <ilug at domain linux.ie>
Date: 17 May 2000 12:32
Subject: RE: [ILUG] Installing 2.5 opsystems
>
>If win95/98 installer can be told to NOT modify any MBR's
>during the install then creating the bootdisk is easy
>enough (just modify the msdos.sys variables WINBOOTDIR etc.)
Heh!
>
>If not, then it's gets complicated and I'm not sure
>but I have a question:
>
>If you move a drive with Linux on it from say
>Primary Master to Primary slave just changing the
>/etc/fstab should be enough (or is this scsi?)
>ie.
>/dev/hdc1 / ext2 ...
>instead of hda1
>But can a similar thing be done for Windows?
>ie. can you put something in autoexec/config/msdos.sys
>so it'll remap c: to e: or something (There is
>something but I can't remember it)
>
>If so, you could remove your current disk and
>insert the new one and install. Removing the disk
>is to make sure the installer can't change anything
>but now win9x thinks it's on the c: and when you
>reinsert your current drive as Primary master
>and boot off the floppy to the e: which
>win9x is now on it thinks it's still on the c:
>(this is why I mentioned /etc/fstab)
Edit c:\msdos.sys and change the winbootdir line to E:\windows and anyother
instance of C: to E:
Then you'll have to fiddle with the registry and any *.ini, Autoexec.bat,
config.sys files to change any C: reference to E: (in fact there's a nice
little proggie out there that will do just that for you. It's called Change
of Address and the installer is called something like coa?????.exe if you
want to do a ftp search for it)
After that, just change the drive to E: and include it in LILO.
>
>If you see what I mean!
Oh, I do I do...
>
>Aaron
>
Conor Daly
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