I have put RedHat 6.0 with NT and it worked just fine.
But that was a year ago with old LILO. Why would NT
have problems ?
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----- Original Message -----
From: Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Eli Marmor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: linux ILUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: Win Convenience Parition
> Eli Marmor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The big question is: WHAT Win exactly? Win 9x (the latest: ME), or
> > NT (the latest: 2000). From the first look, 2000 looks better. But I
> > am not sure. Do both live peacefully with a Linux partition? And
> > with lilo (or the similar boot software from Mandrake)?
>
> A few days ago I installed RH7.0 on a computer with NT4.0
> preinstalled. The RH installer warned me about the following:
>
> 1) LILO can live in the MBR if the other OS is Win9x.
> 2) If the other OS is NT, then LILO should be put in the
> beginning of the root partition, and one needs a boot
> floppy.
>
> I could not experiment with that machine, so I simply followed the
> instructions (i.e. chose #2 above), and I must admit I have not done
> any further research. Can anyone confirm or refute #2, and possibly
> explain why?
>
> Anyway, if #2 is right (i.e. with NT LILO can't live in the MBR and
> one needs a boot floppy), then it is relevant for Eli's question.
>
> --
> Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "... We work by wit, and not by witchcraft;
> And wit depends on dilatory time." [Shakespeare]
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