On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 12:43 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote: > On 5/16/07, Greg Folkert <greg@gregfolkert.net> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 23:37 -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > > > I am installing Win2k, which will co-exist with sarge > > > I believe sarge install lilo at mbr, this cause trouble for win2k's installation. > > > So I should clear mbr. > > > > > > which linux command should I use? > > > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 > > > > That will erase any MBR. If your drive is not /dev/hda then please use > > the proper one (such as /dev/hde or /dev/sda or what have you) > > > > Please remember also, that Windows REQUIRES the use of the first Primary > > partition and it *WILL* assume it is the ONLY operating system to be on > > the machine. This WILL cause you difficulty. > > > > But you can then install Etch, and be happy. > > > I have found that W2K doesn't wipe out the grub menu tho XP does. And > installing W2K over grub shouldn't cause a problem, should it? It will > j ust overwrite the mbr. Is it really needed to do that dd command > before installing W2K? I haven't installed Windows *anything* on my personal computers for years. So, Dual booting just doesn't computer for me. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net PGP key: 1024D/B524687C 2003-08-05 Fingerprint: E1D3 E3D7 5850 957E FED0 2B3A ED66 6971 B524 687C Alternate Fingerprint: 09F9 1102 9D74 E35B D841 56C5 6356 88C0
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