On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 11:56:17PM -0700, Roy Pluschke wrote: > Currently running a dual boot system win98 and sid (lilo is my boot manager). > I have to update my little used windows partition to windows 2000 for a > particular program but I am afraid this will cause problems with lilo by > over-writing something. What's the best way of doing this safely and not > losing my sid partition? >
You will need either a rescue disk or check what installation disks you used for linux. My woody installation disk also works as a rescue disk (#1 also has kernel 2.4 others only 2.2), probably the testing install disk will do the same. Another option is to use a knoppix disk or the like and when it boots to do a chroot to your installed partition. At this point install win2k (from experience, backup your data on the win98 partition and make a clean win2k install, don't upgrade, windows doesn't upgrade too good). After that is done use one of the previously mentioned methods to boot into your linux partition (rescue disk of some kind or chroot from a cdrom distribution) and run lilo to reinstall it to the mbr. > Thanks in advance, > R.J.P. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
