Meta apo polles meres prospa8eiwn kai apogohteyshs, epiteloys katalaba pws na petuxw ayto pou h8ela. Exw enan H/Y me sklhro disko 1.2GB kai ena 16MB RAM. H8ela na exw 4 leitoyrgika systhmata sto susthma moy: MSDOS v6.22, Windows 95, OS/2, kai Linux. Mexri twra, den exw brei kanena Linux HOWTO poy na perigrafei th diergasia ths egkatastashs kai twn tessarwn aytwn leitoyrgikwn se ena mhxanhma kai na parexei akoma thn ikanothta na ekkinei to ka8ena toys (einai dynaton na egkatasthseis ta leitoyrgika se diaforetikes katatmhseis, alla to na ta katafereis na ta ekkineis kai na kollas sto mhnyma ``starting MSDOS'' ,gia paradeigma, einai kati to opoio eprepe na lusw).
Loipon, meta apo pollh prospa8eia kai la8h, brhka thn akoloy8h syntagh gia na to epituxw:
Prin arxisw na ejhgw thn diadikasia bhma pros bhma, epitrecte moy prwta na sas ejhghsw, ti epi8ymw telika na epituxw.
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<NAME> <SIZE> <LABEL> <PARTITION NUMBER>
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MSDOS v6.22 11MB P1 Primary Partition 1
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Windows'95 350MB P2 Primary Partition 2
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OS/2 Boot Manager 2MB P3 Primary Partition 3
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DOS/Win Data 511MB E1 Primary Partition 4
OS/2 Warp 3.0 127MB E2 Extended into 4
Linux Slakware 3.2 Swap XMB E3 drives (sub-partitions)
Slakware 3.2 Native 219-XMB E4 labeled E1-E4
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Ti shmainoyn ola ayta. Loipon, epitrecte moy na sas jenaghsw se ola ayta mesw mias syzhthshs. Prwta, xreiazetai na xrhsimopoihsoyme kai tis 4 katatmhseis toy prwtoy mas sklhrou diskoy. Oi katatmhseis 1 mexri kai 3 einai KYRIES (PRWTEYOYSES) katatmhseis. 8a apo8hkeusoyme ton MSDOS, Win95 kai ton OS/2 Diaxeiristh Ekkinhshs (Boot Manager) (o opoios anapotelesmatika apaitei TH DIKH TOY katatmhsh) se aytes tis katatmhseis, antistoixws. Kai etsi mas menei 1 katatmhsh. Alla, 8eloyme na exoyme ena disko mono gia dedomena DOS/Win95 (ayto mas dinei megalo xwro gia na petajoyme ekeina ta arxeia ZIP poy toso syxna katebazoyme apo to Internet, ka8ws epishs kai ena meros na apo8hkeuoyme ta programmata kai ta dedomena twn Win95 gia ta opoia den exoyme arketo xwro sthn katatmhsh twn Win95), OS/2,kai Linux (kai h Linux kai h swap katatmhsh).
Twra teleytaia, lambanw polla parapona mesw e-mail giati exw mia jexwristh katatmhsh gia ta win95 kai allh gia to DOS kai allh gia ta dedomena twn Win95/DOS.
Ayth einai h apanthsh moy: To na yparxoyn jexwristes katatmhseis gia Win95 kai DOS den einai gia oloys. Isws pia kai na mhn xrhsimopoieite DOS. Isws ta Windows'95 na einai h apanthsh sas gia ola ta programmata poy einai grammena gia Microsoft platformes. Loipon, yparxoyn orismenoi an8rwpoi poy akomh xrhsimopoioun DOS kai den mporoun na zhsoyn xwris ayto. Eite giati to DOS mporei na trejei 16-bit efarmoges grhgorotera kai apotelesmatikotera, h giati to sygkekrimeno programma DOS poy xrhsimopoieite mporei na mh trexei se periballon Windows (to programma ru8mishs ths kartas hxoy Gravis Ultrasound as er8ei sto noy mas) Apla, PREPEI na mporeis na kaneis ekkineis DOS kapoies fores. Ayto to HOWTO grafthke me aytous toys an8rwpoys kata noy An akomh exete dyskolia na katapieite to gegonos oti h lejh ``MSDOS'' symperilambanete sto HOWTO ayto, tote na ais8an8eite eleu8era na ka8isete katw kai na gracete ena Linux-Win95- OS/2-Only HOWTO :)
Twra, pisw sto parapanw diagramma. Opws eipa, exoyme mia katatmhsh gia strimwjoyme 4 pragmata mesa ths. DOS/Win data,OS/2 kai Linux native kai swap Ayto mporei na ginei me to na dhmioyrghsoyme toys legomenoys logikous diskoys (logical drives) (h logikes katatmhseis (logical partitions), analoga me to biblio poy diabasate) mesa sthn kuria katatmhsh.
Otan dhmioyrgoume aytous toys logikous diskoys mesa se mia kuria katatmhsh, anaferomaste se ayth thn kuria katatmhsh ws epektetamenh katatmhsh (extended partition) (giati epekteinete pera apo to skopo toy monou kurioy partition kai anti aytou perilambanei mexri kai 3 ypokatatmhseis (logikous diskoys). Mperdeythkate; An nai, mporei na 8elete na diabasete to egxeiridio toy OS/2 gia to 8ema ayto. 8a to ejhghsei kalutera ap' oti egw edw.
Twra, mporei na junete to kefali sas legontas ``8elei na strimwjei 4 pragmata se ena ektetameno partition, alla molis teleiwse legontas oti exoyme mono 3 ypokatatmhseis gia na ta baloyme mesa!'' Einai alh8eia, toylaxiston me th logikh toy MS-DOS kai toy OS/2'. Alla, edw erxetai ena apo ta polla dynata pleonekthmata toy Linux na mas swsei th mera. To Linux mporei na dhmioyrghsei perissoteres apo 3 ypokatatmhseis se ena ektetameno disko. Posa akribws, den gnwrizw. Alla gnwrizw oti mporei na dhmioyrghsei toylaxiston 4 (osa xreiazomaste). Etsi, otan akoloy8oume ta bhmata ths diadikasias ths egkatastashs parakatw, exete sto noy oti otan dhmioyrgoume katatmhseis xrhsimopoiwntas ena programma MSDOS h OS/2, 8a dhmioyrghsoyme mono 3 logikous diskoys. Meta, otan pame sto Linux, 8a xwrisoyme ena apo ayta se duo. Oysiastika, mporeite na skefteite oti jegelame to MSDOS kai to OS/2 na blepoyn mono 3 logikous diskoys, enw sthn pragmatikothta (kai sto Linux) 8a yparxoyn 4.