On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 04:08:55PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm a little confused about boot being set, since shouldn't that maybe be > hda1, since windows MBR, er... I really don't get that part so well. The > last question is: As of now I'm using a floppy to boot to Linux. Otherwise > the system boots to Windows no questions asked, since I haven't touched the > MBR. If I load lilo into the MBR, and I decide it's not working out for me, > is there a quick way to pull it back out? Much thanks, bye! > > -Chris >
Replying to you since I noticed no takers for your mail. It appears, that you are confused on the MBR issue. The Master Boot Record does not belong to any OS per se, and is used to place the bootstrap code to load any OS. This bit of code is normally in assembly. By default, DOS/ Win places its own boot strap routine there at the time of installation. Linux, on the other hand is more polite and gives you an option to load the LInux LOader (LILO) there or not. You may opt to do the same. In case you want to load Windows by default from LILO place a line "default=Win" before "other=....." in your lilo.conf. Go through your lilo docs. My personal advise would be to boot through Loadlin with the MBR under control of Win. Loadlin is DOS software, available with all Linux distros. The setup is a bit of a hassel for newbees, but once installed, you can boot Linux through config.sys or autoexec.bat. (Read loadlin docs on how to do it). Many Window$ software like virus scanners and utilities like Norton start grumbling if they do not find a valid MS-DO$ MBR, and the outcome is unpredictable. If you are an experimenting type, you need not use any of these and use a third party boot manager. The choice is upto you. USM Bish ---------------------------------------------------------
