Yes, Windows (any version) will overwrite the MBR on install, you just
install Windows first or reinstall lilo after installing another OS and
problem will be solved.
Michael Holt
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Farrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Re-installing LILO after Win98
> Mage Grimau wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to get my machine to dual-boot Win98 and
> > linux. After I install linux (have to do it first or
> > the partitioning doesn't work right) I installed
> > Win98. Then I tried to use my linux boot disk to
> > reload LILO, but it says "/dev/hda1 has no boot
> > record" and quits without doing anything useful.
> > /dev/hda1 is the 7M partition I mount as /boot. I
> > assume I'm doing something wrong, but I can't figure
> > out what (besides adding Win98, that is).
> >
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> I could be wrong, but I believe that Windows writes its boot loader to
> the first active partition (usually c: or hda1). In your case, this is
> also the linux boot partition, hence your problem. If the other
> suggestions don't work, I suggest you let Windows have the first
> partition, even if it means having 2 fat32 partitions, with the /boot
> partition between them.
>
> I've done plenty of dual boot installs and never had a problem, but I've
> always had M$ os's on the first partition, and linux further up the
> disk, or on a second disk.
>
> Trevor
>
