Installation problem (URGENT)

[id29]

Dear friends,

I was trying to install Linux 6.2 on my Hard Disk, which already has Win95 and Windows 2000 Server. I cleared the third partition of my Hard Disk for the installation. When I tried the installation from the Linux boot CD, it is saying partition table corrupt. Whereas I found the partition table in order when I checked the drive by NDD on Windows 95 platform. I ran the fdisk and deleted the third partition (Logical Drive on extended Dos Partition) and re-created it. I tried the installation once more, but with same results.

I would also want to know the best possible way to install multiple operating systems on a computer - Linux on 1st partition, Win95 on 2nd partition and Win2000 Server on 3rd partition or some other combinations.

Please help.

Thanking you in anticipation.
Anindya Mukherjee

 

[aixmurderer]

Delete the 3rd partition you have created, you need to use Linux's fdisk to create the Linux partition/s in the free space you will have.

Leave the others as is, install your bootloader (lilo) on hda1 (first partition). IBM Certified Specialist - MQSeries
IBM Certified Specialist - AIX 5 pSeries System Administration

 

[RhythmAce]

During install, it will ask if you want to use lilo and where do you want to put it. You want it on the MBR. You will be shown the 3 systems and asked which one you want to install by default. Each time you reboot after that it will display a screen at boot and prompt you for which one to load. If you don't do anything for 15 seconds the default will be laoded.

 

[MrRohan]

I would suggest u to go for redhat linux 7.2 instead of 6.2, which u will enjoy but anyway its upto u. Incase of multiple OS i would suggest u to
- install first win2000 using only the first 2 GB of ur hard disk leave the remaining space as UNFORMATTED
- then u intall Linux (prefered 7.2) with how much ever space u want,
- update lilo
- boot ur system opt for windows, check out the space remaining, if u r happy with this two OS then format the remaining space and assing a drive letter to it.
- incase u want another OS, install it on the reaming space.
- update lilo.
and there u r with 2 OS on ur system.