Re: Dual Boot Woes
On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 08:24:03PM -0500, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> boot=/dev/hda1 ==>> boot=/dev/hda
>
> That will install the lilo boot loader in the MBR of the master drive,
> and give you a choice of the two OS's. You are currently trying to
> install it in the boot record of the Windows partition, which is
> /dev/hda1.
This isn't the best solution. You should set boot to your linux partition,
then set your linux partition active in fdisk. This is much more flexible
if you need to reinstall Windows later, because to get LILO back you just
change your active partition (even Windows' fdisk will let you do that).
Installing lilo in the boot record of your Windows partition is probably
fatal. Windows uses that to store partition meta-information it can't
do without.
Hamish
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