[ale] Installing Linux w/ Existing NT partition

[Wandered Inn]

Gary Maltzen wrote:
> 
> And I do it just the opposite of Wandered Inn...
> 
> 1) Install LILO in the Linux boot partition
> 2) copy the first sector of the boot partition to a file
>    (dd if=/dev/hda2 of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1)
> 3) copy 'bootsect.lnx' to NT's C:\
> 4) add the following line to C:\BOOT.INI
>    C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux"

And it works fine, but it's truly a pain in the ass, in comparison to
using LILO in the mbr.  I used this solution originally with my first
laptop.  NT got pretty brain dead and I had decided to reinstall it. 
Before doing so, I decided to see what would happen if I installed LILO
in the mbr.  I did so, and still could boot both Linux and NT fine.   I
did later reinstall NT (with NTFS) and Linux on this same box again with
LILO in the mbr.  It's running this way right now, and so is my
replacement laptop that I received about 3 months ago.  It came with NT
and NTFS.  I installed Mandrake 7.1 on this box, and it is my primary
work environment.  LILO on the mbr.  I reboot to NT to do vouchers for
work (NT app.) and to use PCanywarz to access some of our NT servers. 
I've heard of folks having problems with putting LILO in the mbr, but
I've never had a problem.  It's a whole lot easier than the NT loader
solution.



> 
> The Linux boot image (vmlinuz or whatever)
> must be entirely within the first 1024 cylinders
> (or first 2**24 sectors) of your hard drive.
> I usually make an 8 MB "/boot" partition
> at the beginning of the drive.
> 
> Gary Maltzen, MCSE
>  (Compuserve WINNT Sysop)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> >    I know this is a FAW somewhere, but I'm lazy today.
> > I've got an NT box that I partitioned for a Linux partition.
> > Without blowing away NT (which I would LOVE to do),
> > how do I install Linux on the new partition and still be
> > able to boot either NT or Linux? Should I put LILO in
> > the MBR of the disk or should it go in the Linux
> > partition?
> 
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