I have such dual boot (with Windows Me) on a Compaq using Xosl, an excellent
(GPL) boot loader.
You can install it on a dedicated or FAT(32) partition, and it will
overwrite only the MBR.
Armando
Napoleon Ahiable wrote:
So please tell me, i have two partitions on the master disk. the
first is an FAT32 compaq Recovery drive and the second is an NTFS
windows drice (c:). has anyone successfuly installed a dual boot on a
similar system overwriting the windows MBR?
>
I am told that such a setup will screw my pc up because of the compaq
> partition on the first harddisk. Apperently manufactures like
compaq have
> custom booting sequences and overwriting the main boot record will
mess the
> pc up. That is why i have avoided this method. So until i am
absolutly sure
> that, such a setup will work, i'm avoiding it. Thanks for your
help though.
> Its much appreciated.
that doesn't make any sense... I've never seen a "custom booting
sequence"... I've dual booted window+arch on around 10-15 machines,
and never, ever had an issue with grub chainloading ntloader...
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