On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 10:45:10AM +0530, Kumar wrote:
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> We can make only 4 partition in a Hd out of which three can be
> primary and one is extended which can have multiple logical
> drives, right ? Please correctme if I a wrong.
>
Dead right. An IDE HDD can take a max of 3P+1E.
> Your problem arises from the facts:
> >
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>
> So does this mean that everytime we have to do mullti boot in linux,
> if we want to set the boot thru the Linux boot loader then it shoube
> put on the MBR, this will ensure that it configures automatically for
> multi boot. ??
>
The MBR must contain the boot code of the booting software. After POST
the BIOS hands over control to the MBR, and it is the code at the MBR
which calls your boot mechanism from elsewhere on the HDD ... The boot
mechanism may be the builtin boot mechanism of one of the OSs, or an
independent software like Partition Magic.
For a NT-Linux dual box, you may use either NT boot mechanism to dual
boot or Linux based boot mechanisms. The one that you use needs to be
on the MBR.
>
> I thought that if I put it on MBR then it will erase the NT boot sec-
> tor and then how will we be able to boot NT ?
>
It is not only NT, any M$ OS is extremely posessive about the MBR. Both
LILO and grub can handle this situation, and fire io.sys and other M$
boot files correctly. In a M$-Linux dual box, my personal preference is
to use boot.ini or loadlin and keep the M$ MBR. This is not because it
is in anyway superior to LILO/ grub, but because of gruntings of many
virus scanners working under M$, when the see an "alien" MBR.
Bish
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