[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux dual boot w/NT4

[jm]

Thanks for all the responses.  FYI, Microsoft has historically
overwritten the MBR every time it gets installed, not sure if NT follows
that same "only me" mentality or not but I suspect it does.  After all,
why grow up now?  I've never installed a bootloader anywhere besides the
MBR so I don't know if I want to explore that just now or not.

Thanks again to everyone.
Joe


On Thu, 2002-04-04 at 21:31, Ron Hamilton wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 08:11:04PM -0600, Steve Baker wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> Right, I guess I should have said that first.. My workstations all had
> NT installed first, with Linux added later.  And that *is* why the
> caution about NT having it's own bootloader.  My apologies for any
> confusion.
> 
> --
> Ron Hamilton
> ronhamilton at gmx.net
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