[ale] Install on Fresh Machine - Opinions?

[James Kinney]

True. Windows will not touch the linux partition. However, to a newbie who
just installed linux, not being able to boot into linux after a windows
install _looks_ like a trashed mess. To be fair, linux "trashes" windows
installs by changing the boot up process. But it plays nicely and shares.
Windows does not. 

JimK
Local Net Solutions

On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Dan Newcombe wrote:

> James Kinney <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>  said:
> > Install Windows first _after_ makeing an empty partition to put linux
> > in. It will make life easier. Linux will install nicely after windows.
> > Windows will trash a linux installation.
> 
> Windows will not trash a linux installation...that's just wrong to say.
> It will not touch the partition.  The only thing that a windows
> installation does which will interfer is rewrite the master boot record
> and set the bootable partition to the windows partition so when it reboots
> one of the many times during an install it can continue.
> 
> All you need do to fix this is boot linux with a boot disk and re-run
> lilo.
> 
> 
> 
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