hey flux, why not use an ntfs partitions for the win system, you will be able to mount it read only noproblem in linux, and use a shared fat partition if you want to write stuff to a place that win can see, for all the problems that win is accused of having ntfs is definitely a more secure option than fat, just don't try to write to it in linux, getting back lilo is just a case of using your boot disk as mentioned elsewhere, if you didn't make one then something like tomsrtboot disk can be used to boot the machine, then you mount your linux parition somewhere, chroot into it and run lilo - at least that's what i've done in the past
bascule On Thursday 31 Oct 2002 2:59 pm, Flux wrote: > Okay, this definitely fits in the newbie catagory... > > I've been playing around with my dual-boot Win2k/ML9 install, when it > finally got to me that I can't really interact with the Windows partition, > due to the NT file system. So, I decided to downgrade the Windows install > to Win98SE. Now, what makes this a newbie issue is that fact that I blindly > deleted the first partition on the drive, which happened to have both the > Win2k install and the boot loader redirectory, so now I can't boot into > Windows (duh) NOR Linux! (I understand that's not entirely true, but for > newbie purposes we'll presume that it is) > > So, in perfect newbie fashion, I decided to pop in my Compaq Evo N150 > recovery disc and completely start ALL OVER AGAIN! But here's the > question: If this "recovery" forced me to reformat the entire drive and > make the whole thing one partition, how am I supposed to install Linux on > it for a dual-boot? Maybe I should ask "WHERE" am I supposed to install > Linux? > > Please help, because I'm sure to cause myself more pain hashing through it > myself... > > -Lawrence -- Looking into Granny's eyes was like looking into a mirror. What you saw looking back at you was yourself, and there was no hiding place. (Maskerade)
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