Greetings--
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Loomis <[log in to unmask]>


>Hi,
>I have been messing around with this for a while without
satisfactory
>results. What I am trying to do is get DOS 6.22, Win95 OSR2.1,
NTWS 4.0 and
>Red Hat Linux installed on my machine using System Commander
Deluxe. Drives
>are 1-4.5G SCSIUW that I boot from, and 1-2G WD EIDE. I can get
DOS and
>Windows installed OK, I use the "Risk Free" method to install
Windows. All
>is well and good to this point. I then try to install either
Linux or NT to
>the WD drive, all seems to go well, however, some how the WD
becomes Active,
>causing boot problems, well, it doesn't. I usually wind up
unplugging the WD
>to get to Windows. Ultimately I have to use Fdisk to de-activate
the WD
>drive and erase it. Does anyone Know how I can over come this
mess to allow
>a smooth coexistence of these OS's on my machine? Things like
partition
>sizes and order and or method of installing. Or will I have to
make the IDE
>drive the boot drive? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.
>Brad Loomis
>Los Angeles, CA


Just a brief path to consider....Does your BIOS setup allow for
setting the boot order. Newer AMI and Award (I believe) allow
choices for boot devices and boot order from the likes of SCSI,
LS-120, CD-ROM, A:, C: and the usual suspects. The AMI BIOS on a
machine I'm presently working with allows for 4 boot priority
levels, 1st through 4th boot devices. You may want to check on
this for its interaction with System Commander.

HTH,

Paul A. Shippert        Library/Media Specialist
"There is no dark side of the moon really . . .
  matter of fact, it's all dark."  Pink Floyd
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