Re: How Ironic!!!

From: Roberto Scardovi (roberto_at_occhiostanco.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: 27 Oct 2004 01:41:40 -0700

Installing windows first is simpler.
While installing windows leave unpartitioned space for linux.

Windows installs its boot loader in the MBR (master boot record).

Then install linux.

When (if) your linux distribution installer asks you to install a
linux boot loader (say LILO) you have different choices.

1) Simplest solution: install LILO in the MBR
If you install LILO in the MBR you lose the windows boot loader.
But, usually LILO boots windows without problems: you need simply to
add the windows entry in /etc/lilo.conf in linux and then run command
"lilo"; usually the windows entry is added automatically by the linux
installer if
a bootable windows is detected on an hard disk)
2) More intricated: install LILO in first sector of a linux partition
This require you config the windows boot loader (boot.ini) to start
linux
through a special file containing a "linux boot image" (search google
and find how to make this image)

Both methods works. I use 2) no more since LILO is simpler and linux
is my "MAIN" os

bye

Thomas Miller <tmiller@bss-software.com> wrote in message news:<417eaae2$1@newsgroups.borland.com>...
> I just got it. Loaded up 64 bit and non of the fancy stuff was
> supported (driver wise). I am in the middle of putting XP sp1
> on the system. I am just doing it to play, because Amazon just
> shipped Linux 9.2 to me. From the instruction on dual booting,
> Linux needs to go on first, the XP. The only thing I worried
> about is how to share data between the two OSs.
>
> Sure hope someone can give me some hints on Mulit-boot.
>
> Dennis Landi wrote:
>
> > "Thomas Miller" <tmiller@bss-software.com> wrote in message
> > news:417e5bce$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> >
> >>Not at all, but a link would have been nice ;) All is well.
> >>Fed Ex should be delivering it today. Now I just have to
> >>decide how to partition it. Anyone doing multi boot with
> >>Windows XP 64, Windows 2000, and Linux AMD 64? If so, how
> >>are you doing it?
> >>
> >
> >
> > Make sure you bring it to the next SIG meeting.
> >
> > -d
> >
> >

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