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.
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