On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 04:29:48PM -0400, maxtor wrote:
>
> To all:
>
> Before I installed mandrake 7.1 I had both Windows98 and Linux 7.0
> installed. While installing 7.1 I formatted all partitions including
> my windows partition. Then i installed mandrake 7.1. And my Windows
> partition still exists but with no operating system on it. When I
> boot with grub I have the option of linux or windows. My question::::
> Can i now install Windows NT4 wkstation on my existing windows
> partition?
Yes, no problem. It should not format any partitions other than the ones
you tell it to format. While we're on formatting for NT, use FAT, not
NTFS, if you want to access the NT partition directly from Linux. You will
want to mount for Linux using the VFAT file system.
I would recommend a 2 GB partition for NT 4. It's the larges NT 4 will
support, as NT 4 does not support FAT32.
> If I install windows will it take priority over my grub
> boot loader?
Yes, until you fix that. See below.
> And if so how can I make it so that I can still choose
> to either boot to linux or windows in my grub?
I have not used grub, so I will guess that it will let you boot to
NT. Make sure you have a Linux boot disk so you can boot to your Linux
partition after you install NT. You will need to edit the grub
configuration, and do whatever you need to do there.
Alternatively, there is a way to sneak Linux into the NT boot
loader. I think there is a HOW-TOs on that.
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