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Re: dual boot Linux/NT question



> 	I recently installed Linux on drive D: of a two-disk NT box. At
> 	first, I used a custom boot disk when I wanted to run Linux.
> 	Over the past weekend, though, I figured out how to add Linux to
> 	the NT loader list and at first I had the same symptom as you: a
> 	blank screen w/blinking cursor. So, per the valuable
> 	instructions I found on www.ourmanpann.com (Thanks, Pann!), I
> 	ran liloconfig and answered yes to the question regarding
> 	installing a boot record to the Linux partition. Having done so, I
> 	can now select Linux from the NT bootlist and all is right with
> 	the world! :-)
> 
Every time you rebuild the kernel, you'll have to run /sbin/lilo.  To
quote the documentation -- you can't run /sbin/lilo too much.  This should
update the kernel images that lilo sees.

I had the same problem w/ the NT setup.

-Joe P.


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