Re: I made a Success of it!

Tim -

Thanks for the info.
I will proceed manually. All your "Pioneering" in this
area has helped out tremendously.

And yes, I do have and ERD disk for NT.

Mike

Tim Goldstein wrote:

>
> From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
> Mike,
>
> I was afraid you were going to have a setup like this. The script is written
> to work with a drive that has no partition other than the ones that the
> workstation installation of Linux installs. At this point your best bet is
> to follow the written instructions and manually do the RT setup. If you have
> successfully loaded the extra rpm files and have untarred the RT patch I
> would start with the make all command in /usr/src/rtl and then proceed
> through the steps.
>
> Be happy that the new lilo configuration did not install or you would
> probably be unable to boot to either Linux or NT.
>
> Have you done a rdisk /s in NT before installing Linux?? Do you have a NT
> boot floppy that will let you get NT started if you happen to toast the MBR
> with a bad lilo setup?
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>
> > From: Mike Gann <mikegann@...>
> >
> > Tim -
> >
> > I do not see vmlinuz-1 in the /boot directory.
> > I will try to compile again.
> >
> > As for the dual boot, I already had NT server installed on an
> > extra computer. So I used Partition Magic to re-size the NT partition
> > so I could create the extended partition for Linux.
> >
> > The boot loader is handled by Lilo. After loading Linux, Lilo was
> > aware of the NT partition.
> >
> > I don't have a machine to control with this stuff yet, but I
> > figured I could work on this part while I save up for a mill.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Tim Goldstein wrote:
> > >
> > > From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
> > >
> > > Check in your /boot directory and see if you have the file vmlinuz-1
> > > Also, look at your /etc/lilo.conf file and see if it has an
> > entry for the
> > > rtlinux.
> > >
> > > If you have the file in /boot you compiled OK. If the rtlinux entry is
> > > missing in your lilo.conf you somehow did not get the lilo update to run
> > > correctly. If so, that is good as the one with the script is
> > not set for a
> > > dual boot system and you will need to handle it manually.
> > >
> > > Let me know what you find and I will try to help. BTW, how are
> > you handling
> > > the dual boot?? Is LILO providing the boot loader services or
> > are you using
> > > another program? Also, how is your drive setup arranged in
> > regard to NT and
> > > Linux??
> > >
> > > Tim
> > > [Denver, CO]
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Mike Gann <mikegann@...>
> > > To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 5:29 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I made a Success of it!
> > >
> > > > From: Mike Gann <mikegann@...>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I used Tim's install script to install the RT-Linux patch.
> > > > I didn't see any errors and it looked like it worked. But
> > > > I don't have the RT-Linux option when I boot and LILO comes up.
> > > >
> > > > But I do duel boot NT and Linux. The NT choice is still there.
> > > >
> > > > How can I verify that the kernal is indeed patched?
> > > >
> > > > Mike Gann
>
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