[NTLUG:Discuss] installing redhat 6.1 on 2nd hard drive

[Brian]

Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com wrote:
> Everything worked after the install - he could boot into
> linux or win98, but he wanted to changed the default on boot back to windows and
> edited the /etc/lilo.conf file (incorrectly, I don't remember how).  

I think at this point all bets are off :)  Seriously, LILO can be a
dangerous thing.  The closest I ever got to the situation you describe
is during a RH6.1 install, the installer automatically assumed an
existing DOS/vfat partition was the "boot" partition (not /dev/hda1),
and proceeded to install LILO with the wrong partition.  I couldn't
intervene (another argument against "canned installs"), and when all was
said and done, the NT loader could not be found.  It *appeared* as if
LILO corrupted the MBR, when in fact it was simply configured
incorrectly, trying to boot off the wrong partition.

  --Brian