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Re: Win Convenience Parition



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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