At 02:28 PM 2/18/00 -0800, you wrote:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> This is what I wanted to know. Can I put the 6 gig didk in the machine
>> install windows on it, then remove, install 20 gig disk install linux.
>> put the 6 gig disk back in mark the 20 gig as bootable with fdisk and
>> the 6 gig as non bootable and use lilo to to point to hda (linux) as
>> defaulf and hdb(windows) as windows in lilo? Can this be done this
>> way? if not why? Brad
>
>To the best of my knowledge (and I've got a lot of experience with
>multi-
>boot systems) the answer is "No". As I previously stated, MS OS's are
>quite selfish. They will not function unless they are on the first hard
>drive in the system and, generally speaking, the first partition. Linux
>doesn't care, and will function nicely from either a logical or primary
>partition on any drive in the system, though lilo will have problems if
>it's not on the first or second drive & is installed to the MBR.
>
>Programs like Partition Magic/Boot Magic and System Commander change
>the
>partition type information and perform other lies to the MS os' to
>convince them that they're where they should be, even when they're not.
>You may be able to do what you wish using one of these products.
>Otherwise,
>I believe your answer is "No".
>
>best
> rickf
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>Rick Forrister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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> three people, two of whom are absent." Robert Copeland
>
LILO can be configured to fool windows into thinking it is on the
first drive. I think it is covered in the LILO howto. I have an
e-mail explaining how to do it around here someware. I'll dig it
up if you want it...
Mikkel
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