It is indeed possible, and in fact doesn't involve NTLDR. Lilo
doesn't "point to" NTLDR, it "points to" the partition on which NT is
installed, like it would for dos or windows 95. You can even put linux in
the NT boot menu. I have NT, Dos, and Linux all loading from the boot menu
here, and it works great. Also, you can compile NTFS support into the
kernel, and read your NT partitions from Linux (which, incidentally, you'd
HAVE to, to get linux to load from the boot menu on an NTFS-only
system...) I wrote a small NT Boot Menu + Linux tutorial some time ago
that I feel is worded in a better way than the Linux+NTLDR howto, let me
know if you'd like it.
HTH, Matt
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Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Engineering and Natural Sciences
"I don't remember yesterday. And today, it rained."
On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, George Lenzer wrote:
> Is it possible to set up a Linux/NT dual boot IF NTFS is the only filesystem
> used by NT? My inclination is to say no. considering that LILO has to be able
> to point to the NTLDR. If the NTLDR is on an NTFS partition, would LILO be
> able to point to it?
>
> The reason I ask, is that I have an NT system here at work with all drives
> formatted in NTFS for security. If I begin the Linux install, I am going to
> have to use fdisk to set up the new partitions to install Linux and the swap
> space to. Where should I locate LILO? If I put it in the MBR, then wouldn't
> NT have problems booting up? Has anyone else done this successfully?
>
> Thanks
>
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