[plug] lilo and Win95, also SQL

[Doug Clulow]

I have had the experience of a Win 95 installation destroying all my
partitions on both my hard drives.  If it offers to format "D" drive, take
this to mean everything, including any hidden partitions.

If your Linux partition  survives  the XBill antics, you need a Linux boot
disk, and once in Linux re-install lilo, this will go on the MBR and allow
you a choice.

If I had to install windows 95, I would physically remove the hard drive
which has Linux on first, its the only way I'd feel secure!

Doug

Shackleton, Kevin wrote:

> I have to "upgrade" the other part of my HDD from DOS 6 to Win95 because
> I've had to turn my other PC over to my partner for a contract job she's
> scored.
>
> Can anyone remind me of what Win95 trashes (like the MBR) and the
> easiest way to restore it?  I've just got a copy of the Bootdisk-HOWTO
> but haven't yet read it through. Hoping for a shortcut!