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Wayne Harris <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:14:32 -0500
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>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?

    I've had this problem also. Did you go into BIOS and shut off virus
detection. If so did System Commander give you a message. I have it on my
other computer so I may be able to help you privately.

                        Wayne Harris

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