[UCLA-LUG] Linux and Win

[Chan, Michael J]

yes... you can let the NT boot loader boot linux, but NT's boot loader wants
it in a file format... there's a problem in this because your boot image
changes when you run lilo with different configurations, or update your
kernel... everytime you update the kernel, or lilo image, you have to rip it
using DD EVERY time to update to the NT bootloader, so that's not really a
worthwhile option if you plan to upgrade your kernel/lilo a lot...

trust me i know... i once had a 4 HD, 2 CDrom EIDE system with NT Server, NT
Workstation, Win95, Win98, Solaris, and Linux on it... talk about a
nightmare!!!

I'm never going to do that again... =p but boy did i learn a lot from
stuffing so many OSes onto one box... =p i recommended it to anyone who
wants to hurt themselves badly... =p

mike

-----Original Message-----
From: DUTTA,NEIL [mailto:nekdut@ucla.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 11:11 AM
To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: [UCLA-LUG] Linux and Win


If you wanted to you could boot linux from the NT bootloader instead of
lilo.  Check the Linux+NT mini-HOWTO in the LDP for specifics.

Neil D.


On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Karol Finfando wrote:

> but there is that prompt from NT that asks you if you want to load NT or
Win98,
> so you are saying that LILO will come up before that? (I had Win9x and
Linux
> before, so i know about LILO, i'm worried about that thing from NT),
> maybe i should just use System Commander...  hmmm
> 
> "Tran, Daniel" wrote:
> 
> > if your intention is to keep win9x and NT then the RH6.0 installation
should
> > go ok.
> > Do custom installation where you have to define linux ext2 partition and
> > swap partition.  There's an automated install option which will wipe out
> > everything.
> >
> > At the end of installation you will need to install lilo which will go
into
> > your master boot record (mbr).
> > upon reboot, you will see the LILO: prompt.  Hitting the tab key will
allow
> > you to select windows or linux.
> > Make sure lilo.conf is configured correctly.
> >
> > The LILO prompt will come up everytime you reboot the system.
> > I have a lot of OSes on my system so I use System Commander
> >
> > Daniel Tran - dtran@ucla.edu
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Karol Finfando [mailto:kfando@ucla.edu]
> > > Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 10:14 AM
> > > To: linux@linux.ucla.edu
> > > Subject: [UCLA-LUG] Linux and Win
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm thinking about installing RH 6.0 on machine that already
> > > has Win9x and NT
> > > 4.0, are there any complications, anything that i should be aware of?
> > > Anyone tried that?
> > > Karol
> > >
> > >
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