At 03:14 PM 2/4/1999 -0600, Kelly Corbin wrote: >Marko Loparic wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >I am interest in Linux, but I don't decide yet if I choose it or not. >> >So I'd like to install Linux and Windows NT 4.0 together. >> >That means I want to make my computer dual bootable. >> >> If you are new to linux I suggest you install linux in a partition but >> keep booting linux from a diskette and leave this dual boot issue with >> lilo for later... You have nothing to change in the harddisk boot >> information (no risk to do something wrong and crash NT boot...) and when >> you want to boot linux you just have to insert the rescue diskette. >> >> Lilo is great but perhaps you are curious to see linux running first!... > >Check out the dual-boot HOW-TO. I followed it exactly, and it works >like a charm. I have NT Server on my first partition and it runs >without a hitch. After modifying the file, hit the left shift when LILO >comes up, and just type the name you specified in the LILO.conf file. >Booting linux with a floppy just sucks too bad. > >Kelly
Kelly, if you want to get a bit fancier (and more user-friendly), check out the docs on the lilo.conf file. You'll find you can put up a menu that offers the user his choice of OSes and even picks one for him after a certain time-out. Pretty cool. That's what I do on my home machine so the Windows users don't have to do anything special to fire up their game machine.
