If you have done it already then OK. Suggest... Switch drive 1 with drive 2 and then install mdk on this drive....this will leave your XP drive with an intact mbr....if you have problems with linux booting (or whatever reason) then just unplug drive 1...then you do not need to restore xp mbr. I have seen a lot of traffic on list of people wanting to restore XP boot. I have this setup and it has saved me some grief.(Please note in my case both drives is master on their cables.) Another suggestion... Have a scratch partiton to move stuff between systems. I use grub bootloader..if you require the instructions for xp on 2nd drive ... just ask and I will provide. I have found that mdk is smart enough to do this....if the drive is connected on istallation..(just incase) Johan **************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "R.E. Perrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] NTFS and Lilo in MBR
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Roger, > > On Sunday, November 30, 2003, at 1:59:30 AM PST, you wrote: > > > I have a hard drive with Windows XP Pro installed using NTFS. I want > > to put Mandrake 9.2 on a second hard drive. > > I've done exactly this, having recently installed MDK 9.2 on my second > drive. > > > If I tell the install program to put the Lilo boot loader on the > > NTFS drive in the MBR will it work or will the NTFS cause problems > > because Linux can't write to an NTFS drive? > > This is how I have my Lilo installed, and it works perfectly. > > - -- > Melissa > > PGP public keys: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Body=Please%20send%20keys > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iD8DBQE/ycGujVbXUvsE8ukRAo5EAJwNs9klXhsHcyPjul9aRMt1vzqm4QCcDOXP > nF1XICIakx9jd+6xk9Gulso= > =ZnN4 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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