Do NOT attempt
dual booting with Windows 95 without first consulting the
Windows 95 OSR2 FAQ. The FAQ also contains a great deal
of information regarding
FAT32. In a nutshell, if you have OSR2 and are using a
FAT16 file system, you can still dual boot using the F4 Function Key.
NOTE: If you have Windows 95 OSR2, and are using a FAT32 file
system, then the dual booting methods in this mini-HOWTO will not
work and should not be attempted.
However, there are a couple of alternate methods you can use to automate
booting Linux at startup, which are discussed in
Section 6
.
- You have successfully installed Windows 95.
- Wndows 95 is installed on Drive C.
- You have successfully installed Linux.
- You know what partition Linux is installed on.
- LILO is NOT installed on your hard drive.
- If you are using Windows 95 OSR2 (version 4.00.950b), you have
carefully read the
Windows95 OSR2 FAQ.
-
A bootable floppy disk with DOS 5.0 or
DOS 6.x system files (io.sys, msdos.sys, command.com) and a config.sys
file. If you are using a DOS 5.0 boot disk, you will also need an
autoexec.bat file. If you are using Windows 95 OSR2 (version
4.00.950b), you will also need to create a file called Winboot.sys
with a text editor and place it in the root directory of Drive C.
Winboot.sys can be an empty file, just so long as you have the file.
NOTE: If your hard
drive already contains the autoexec.dos, config.dos, io.dos, msdos.dos,
and command.dos files, then you will not need the floppy. You can check
by typing: dir and dir /ah at the root of Drive C.
Also, if you installed the Upgrade version of Windows 95, then it is
likely that you have them.
- The Loadlin.exe program file
- Your kernel image file,usually zImage or vmlinuz. (See the
FAQ
for info).
- A simple text editor, such as Notepad.