> i have 2 harddisks of 2.1G each. i have winNT workstation in my master
disk.
> now i wanted to install Gnome Workstation in my other disk (connected as
> slave) I do not want any damage to be caused to my NT, since i have some
> critical files in it.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> R. Ram Kumar
>
boot using the rhl cd
create linux native and linux swap in /dev/hdb
install to /dev/hdb[partition no]
create bootdisk while install ;; ***** do this or u will do a
reinstall ****
write lilo on bootsector of /dev/hdb1 ;; ***** not MBR ****
restart machine with boot floppy
;;***** here to
copy the boot sector of linux with
dd if=/dev/hdb[partition no] of=bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
copy this file to the nt's c: drive
;;******here u will need to repeat when u change the bootloader or add a new
kernel etc.
edit the boot.ini of NT to add
c:\bootsect.lnx="Red Hat Linux 6.1"
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