Re: Installing x86 dual-boot with WinXP

From: Aaron Abdis (aabdis_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/31/03 

Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 00:58:37 GMT

Thank you both, for the replys, ... that otherwise wouldve been an atrocious
first impression of the Unix/opensource world, which is supposed to be so
professional. I appreciate your responses, and am glad to hear that that was
NOT representative. :)

Yes, you are correct, i do not have a unix system available to me at all
right now. I am just starting my forrays outside of Windows and really have
nothing else available.... except maybe some old MS-DOS 5.something disks,
somewhere, maybe. But, im looking to move forward, not backward!.

Anyway, I see on the Disc 1 of 2 there is a file called .BOOTIMAGE. The only
problem is the actual file is 1.47+ MB, so its just a smidge to big to fit
on a floppy. The file is 1.47xxxxx MB, whereas the largest floppy i could
find is 1.457xxxxxx MB. I downloaded a native Win32 port of gnu dd and tried
to copy it over that way, but it also read the sizes so and runs out of
space.
Is this the file i need? Or is there another one? I had kind of thought the
CD's were bootable though, like Eric said in his post.

Also, i made a new logical partition on my hd to install this on when i get
it working. Does that work? or do i need to format that partition somehow,
or shoulf the installation format it?

Thanks in advance again,
- Aaron.

"Dennis Clarke" <dclarke@blastwave.org> wrote in message
news:Pine.GSO.4.53.0308301912170.28797@blastwave...
>
>
> I will apologize for the rude treatment that you have received at the
hands
> of a few. Most of the regulars in this group are pretty good technical
people
> and will try to help. There are a number of drifters that cause trouble.
It
> would probably be best to start over.
>
> As I under stand it, you downloaded the ISO's and burned them. There is
also
> a boot diskette that you need for the Intel edition. It can be made with
dd,
> but then again, you probably do not have a UNIX system handy do you? When
I
> install Solaris 9 for Intel I insert the boot diskette ( Device
Configuration
> Assistant - DCA ) and power on the system. The system should boot to a
> program that will scan you system for devices and attempt to hand over the
> boot process to a disk or CDROM or the network. This is where you
generally
> pass control to the CDROM Disk 1 of 2.
>
> Let me know if you can find the diskette image on the CDROM.
>
> Dennis
>

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