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 --- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
