[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux on 2nd Hard Drive

[MadHat]

On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 11:28, Merlin wrote:
> Quoting MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> In case the MBR gets hosed, does WinXP still support `fdisk /mbr' or some 
> equivalent?

I will NOT use XP.  I will downgrade any machine to 2K if I have to use
windows.  and I usually try to have a Win95 boot disk with fdisk and
format, just in case ;^)  

> 
> I guess I'd best make sure I have my recovery disk handy before I do anything.
> 

yes.

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