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Re: Win Convenience Parition
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- Subject: Re: Win Convenience Parition
- From: Schlomo Schapiro <schlomo(at-nospam)schapiro.org>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 21:19:57 +0200 (IST)
- In-Reply-To: <200011201227.MAA32369@nardis.bfr.co.il>
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Hi,
from experience as a "decent sysadmin" I would say that people who need NT
& Linux should use BootPart (from www.winimage.com). It is really a good
utility and you don't have a risk of fucking up your system with the
dreaded "LI" message ...
Sincerely,
Schlomo Schapiro
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email: schlomo@schapiro.org
WWW: http://www.schapiro.org
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
>
> > A few days ago I installed RH7.0 on a computer with NT4.0
> > preinstalled. The RH installer warned me about the following:
> >
> > 1) LILO can live in the MBR if the other OS is Win9x.
> > 2) If the other OS is NT, then LILO should be put in the
> > beginning of the root partition, and one needs a boot
> > floppy.
> >
> > I could not experiment with that machine, so I simply followed the
> > instructions (i.e. chose #2 above), and I must admit I have not done
> > any further research. Can anyone confirm or refute #2, and possibly
> > explain why?
> >
> > Anyway, if #2 is right (i.e. with NT LILO can't live in the MBR and
> > one needs a boot floppy), then it is relevant for Eli's question.
>
>
> No, it is not necessary.
>
> If linux is already installed, make yourself a current boot floppy using
> mkbootdisk. Then install NT.If NT is already installed, install linux
> normally. Remember that the / (root) partition must be completely in the
> first 8 gig of the disk, if not, use a seperate /boot and make sure it is
> in the first 8 gig.
>
> Then:
> 1. Boot linux.
> 2. edit /etc/lilo.conf
> add: (correcting /dev/hda to the NT disk and partition)
>
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=NT
> table=/dev/hda
> 3. Run lilo.
>
> Happy booting.
>
> Or just hire yourself a decent sysadmin. :-)
>
> Geoff.
>
> --
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson
> Tel:(03) 6944-211 Fax: (03) 6944-225 Email: gmendelson@bloomberg.com
>
>
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