[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux dual boot w/NT4

[Steve Baker]

Ron Hamilton wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 05:47:28PM -0600, jm wrote:
> > I'm thinking of loading Mandrake 8.2 on my PC at work, which has NT4 SP6
> > installed.  Does anyone know of any dual boot problems with NT that I
> > should be aware of?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Joe
> 
> I ran Mandrake 8.0 and later 8.1 alongside NT4 for about a year on 5 HP
> Pavillion PC's without incident.  I had heard complaints about NT having
> it's own bootloader but it didn't seem to matter once I did the Linux
> install.  Both Grub and Lilo seemed to work just fine.

There *is* some kind of wierdness with NT and Linux - I think it's
necessary to install NT *before* you install Linux - I don't recollect
why - but I'm sure a quick google/linux search will turn up the answer.


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