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L vicodin nux + Windows 95 mini-HOWTOJonathon Katzjkatz@cpio.netJoy Yo vicodin ley - Converted document from HTML to DocBook 4.1 (SGML)2001 vicodin 03-01Revision History vicodin Revision 1.1.1 2001-04-19 vicodin Revised by: DCM Corrected a typo. vicodin Revisio vicodin 1.1 2001-02-28 Revised by: JEY vicodin Revision 1.0 1998-08-15 Revis vicodin d by: JK Revision 0.9 1996-10-26 vicodin Revised by: JK Revision 0.8 vicodin 1996-06-25 Revised by: JK This vicodin document details how to install Linux on a machine that curr vicodin ntly runsWindows 95??--------------------------------------- vicodin -------------------------------------Table of Contents1. Int vicodin oduction2. Installation Options 2.1. I Have This Partitio vicodin I Want to Spare! 2.2. What Is This 528M 1024th Cylinder vicodin tuff? 3. What's Next4. Using Your New System 4.1. In vicodin talling on a Drive with FAT32 5. Linload, What's That?6 vicodin Installing Windows on Linux-------------------------------- vicodin --------------------------------------------1. IntroductionM vicodin ny people have machines, which (unfortunately) come pre-load vicodin d with Windows95??. After exploring the Internet, many users vicodin find Linux, and want to run itbecause it is a better operati vicodin g system at a much better price. There aremany different iss vicodin es to address when considering running both operatingsystems vicodin One such issue is the fact that newer computers usually com vicodin withlarge EIDE hard drives, and Windows 95?? has extensions vicodin on the old FATfilesystem. Linux understands these issues and vicodin can handle these challenges inhardware and software.-------- vicodin ------------------------------------------------------------ vicodin -------2. Installation OptionsLinux and Windows 95?? can get vicodin along quite well on the same hard disk. Youcan also install vicodin inux onto a separate hard disk on the same machine. If youha vicodin e the money to spare to get a second hard disk, go ahead and vicodin do that.Although it is safe and reliable to run Windows 95?? vicodin and Linux on the samehard disk, it is safer to have a second vicodin disk. Since I am a poor student (andso are most of the peopl vicodin I know), we are stuck with one large disk.Your hard disk ma vicodin look like this: +--------------------------------- vicodin C: | 800M.... 4.2 Gig? vicodin | vicodin vicodin +--------------------------------- vicodin Windows 95??, MS-Office??, Qmodem Pro??, vicodin nd whatever DOS/Windows softwareyou have only take up around vicodin 800M + Swap (this is a big, sarcasticassumption)! You probab vicodin y do not want to lose all the software you've spent alot of vicodin ime configuring and installing, so you don't want to delete vicodin hispartition and start all over again.---------------------- vicodin ------------------------------------------------------2.1. I Have This Partition I Want to Spare!Don't lose hope. There is a program called FIPS, which can re-partition yourhard disk without destroying data. HOWEVER, make sure before you use it, thatyou defrag your hard disk (with the optimum defrag method). Use the defrag that came with Windows 95??, and use it in the GUI--otherwise you will looseyour long file names. After you have run defrag, run FIPS and make your disklook something
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