Fw: [plug] Hard Drives

Daniel Pearson abandonware at iname.com
Sat Jun 26 07:14:37 WST 1999


So how would I be able to load Linux? Cause I want to have it so that
windows loads up every boot, but if I want to get into Linux how would  I go
about it?

-Daniel
----- Original Message -----
From: <bk at bofh.ns.ca>
To: <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 1:00 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: [plug] Hard Drives


> > Is anyone sure about this? I'm going to put Linux on my slave, which I
am
> > hoping to put in this weekend.. Can I set up LILO on my win HDD?
>
> Personally, I'd put LILO on the dedicated linux drive, separating
> windows/linux in a clean way (well, not for the user *grin*).  I think
> LILO needs to be on the MBR of a linux partition because DOS/windows has
> its own loader and you can't just overwrite that, heh. So the answer is an
> unconfirmed no :)
>
> -David.



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