>From: Rohit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [LI] Managing NTFS partitions with Linux
>I wished to have one partition for my NT on the drive and I knew that >NT
>would screw up the partition table if I wished to install Linux >first and
>NT later.
Thats correct u hv to install in the order - NT then Linux.
>So installed DOS and FAT on 2 GB. [More is impossible using FAT]
>Then installed NT on the same and while 'upgrading' changed the FAT >type
>to NTFS. This rendered the whole C drive an NTFS drive. The rest >8 GB was
>free.
>No matter what, I could not complete installation of RHL 6.1 [On PCQ
>CD]. The moment Linux tried writing to the HDD [MBR], the >installation
>failed. It simply could not write this MBR.
I hv almost the same configuration on my hard disk except that I have
refrained from converting FAT to NTFS ,not for any particular reason and in
fact I was thinking of converting it to NTFS but I think I better wait and
watch.
Try this - do not try to install LILO at installatio time . Boot with your
floppy into Linux and then try running LILO from there- not sure but it may
make the diffrerence for you & eventually for me ;-)
HTH
Pankaj Mathur
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