Mage Grimau wrote:
> I'm trying to get my machine to dual-boot Win98 and
> linux. After I install linux (have to do it first or
> the partitioning doesn't work right) I installed
> Win98. Then I tried to use my linux boot disk to
> reload LILO, but it says "/dev/hda1 has no boot
> record" and quits without doing anything useful.
> /dev/hda1 is the 7M partition I mount as /boot. I
> assume I'm doing something wrong, but I can't figure
> out what (besides adding Win98, that is).
>
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I could be wrong, but I believe that Windows writes its boot loader to
the first active partition (usually c: or hda1). In your case, this is
also the linux boot partition, hence your problem. If the other
suggestions don't work, I suggest you let Windows have the first
partition, even if it means having 2 fat32 partitions, with the /boot
partition between them.
I've done plenty of dual boot installs and never had a problem, but I've
always had M$ os's on the first partition, and linux further up the
disk, or on a second disk.
Trevor
