Actually, Linux can write to NTFS partitions.... it just isn't a recommended action :) Also, weather or not you can boot an OS on a NTFS partition has nothing to do with Linux at all. It's the boot loader that needs support for those things, and both LILO and Grub support it. You could also use Boot Magic too if you want, however LILO and Grub are much more powerfull then Boot Magic and they cost less too.... 0$ :)
Trevor > > I could not install mandrake 9 with XP. From what I have read I > would have to have Partition Majic since I have NTFS partition. > > > Not true, actually. My school laptop is running Win2k with an NTFS > partition, and I can still boot to it. Linux can read (but not write!) > those partitions, and Windows usually installs a boot stub in it's > partition. The stub means you can chain boot to it. I'll describe the > process a little better once you get past those other errors. > > > I got the following > > Error message: XFree86-4.2.1-3mdk.i586 > > It could be a bad CD. Have you checked the MD5sums for your ISO > images? There is a copy of md5sum for Windows floating around. Bad RAM > is also possible, but it shouldn't be that consistent. Try throwing > memtest86 on the machine for a few hours ( http://memtest86.com/ ). > > HJ Hornbeck
