[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux on 2nd Hard Drive

[MadHat]

On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 11:17, Fred James wrote:
> Allow me to expand the question just a bit:
> I understand that GRUB can do that, and I am considering doing something 
> just like that - but I understand Lilo cannot.
> No experience myself - but that's what I hear.
> 

as long as the bootloader image itself is on the first drive in the boot
sector (MBR), it should work fine.  Don't see why it wouldn't. 
LILO, points to a drive where to load the second half of the bootloader
is located, ie. /dev/hdb1

XP may have a problem giving up the boot sector (NT and 2K do, but there
are ways around it), but lilo should be fine.

> 
> Merlin wrote:
> 
> >So here's the situation.
> >
> >I've got a PIV 1.8 GHz with 2 HDDs.  Drive 1 is a 30GB with WinXP installed.  
> >Drive 2 is a 40GB, currently formatted for WinXP but there is nothing on it.
> >
> >I want to install RH 7.3 on Drive 2 and dual boot between XP and Linux.  Can 
> >LILO support booting Linux off of Drive 2 in this config, or do I need to set 
> >it up with a boot disk?  I really don't want to hose my XP installation.
> >
> >
> 
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