NT uses the MBR the way MS always has - just a pointer to the actual boot
code. When you install LILO in the MBR, it sets its own pointer to NT's boot
code, so when lilo comes up you can select "dos" (or whatever you named it,
it was "dos" by default on my machine) and lilo will jump to NT's boot
loader.
--- Craig Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Trevor, if NT is not using MBR, then my question is how does the machine
> know how
> to go to NT loader when you do a single boot, without Linux, to your NT OS?
> And if
> you install Lilo to MBR, how are you getting back to boot into NT? Your
> thoughts on
> that would be very interesting......
>
> Craig
>
> Trevor Farrell wrote:
>
> > Funny, but I have never had this problem with NT/Linux dual booting on my
> > machine at work. AFAIK, NT doesn't use the MBR, as I have lilo in the MBR
> and
> > NT still boots as usual. If this is correct, then a fdisk/mbr is all you
> need
> > to do to correct your NT problem, but you still need to fix your linux
> system,
> > and without a boot disk...
> >
> > Trevor
> > (formerly [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, you wrote: > Get your NT installation cd.
> > If it is NT 4, on another machine create > the three boot floppies for
> NT. Then
> > boot from those floppies, with NT in > the cdrom drive. It will ask you
> if you
> > want to repair a previous NT > installation. That is what you want to
> do.
> > >
> > > i've never done this. Good luck.
> > >
> > > wade
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Joseph S Gardner wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok, after banging head on keyboard I've decided to ask for help.
> > > >
> > > > I tried installing 7.0-2 on a 6x85 MX 200 that already had NT on it.
> > > > I added a 3rd HD and dedicated it entirely to linux leaving the first
> > > > 2 alone (silly me) hoping to dual boot.
> > > >
> > > > Well all was going well until I went to configure X and when I
> > > > selected my monitor (Magnvox 17" with a Diamond Stealth ll S200) it
> > > > dumped bytes all over my lap forcing me to use the big red help
> > > > switch. The boot floppy that was created has some type of error on
> > > > it and it won't complete the boot and somehow or another the MBR on
> > > > the NT disk's are amuck now and I can't even reboot into that.
> > > >
> > > > I need to get the MBR back on the NT disks and at this point my brain
> > > > is fried and don't know where to look. Any pointers?
> > > >
> > > > If memory serves my I need to run fdisk MBR but am unsure if this
> > > > works with NT (with NTFS) and don't want to screw things up any
> > > > further than I already have.
> > > >
> > > >
> > --
> > Lee & Trevor Farrell
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