[UCLA-LUG] Booting Linux

[n_nelson@pacbell.net]

  Leo wrote:

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  I have two hard drives each with its own operating system.  I
  currently have Win98 on the primary, and Linux on the slave.  In
  order for me to boot to Linux, I have choose to boot using the boot
  disk option.  For my computer at home, I have both operating system
  on a single hard disk and also use the boot disk to boot Linux.  On
  that computer, Linux boots quickly using the boot disk.  On my
  computer at school, it takes at least five minutes before Linux
  boots.  It seems as though the floppy disk is faulty but I have made
  three different boot disk and it still boots slowly.  Please help.

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  I used a floppy boot disk when debugging the dual hard-disk boot
  procedure, and a floppy boot did seem to take unnecessarily long.  I
  am now using Boot Magic from Partition Magic to perform the dual
  boot function, but there also appears to be a way to select the
  alternate boot options at the Linux boot prompt.  Unless there is
  some particular reason why a floppy boot is required, I suggest
  investigating the hard-disk boot options that will provide the
  fastest boot alternative.  Areas of investigation in the hard-disk
  dual boot alternative are the Master Boot Record (MBR) and the
  individual boot records for each of the different operating systems.

  Neil Nelson n_nelson@pacbell.net