[plug] dual boot - Windows reinstall

[Leon Brooks]

On Thursday 27 February 2003 10:12 am, Dene Staples wrote:
> It seems that I need to reinstall Windows ME on that side of my pc. I
> recall that Windows overwrites one or more files that contain the linux
> partition info, but I can't remember the name(s) of these files.

No, just the boot sector.

Make a Linux boot floppy, make and format the Windows partition using Linux, 
do the Windows install, boot from flopy, run LILO.

If the Windows installer is an OEM version, it is likely to blow away all 
unrecognised partitions and redo everything from scratch. Polite. So back up 
anything you treasure first, including hard-won config files or whatever.

If there's nothing you treasure on there, safest approach is to install 
Windows first, then (re)install Linux, FreeBSD, whatever afterwards.

Cheers; Leon