On Sunday 31 August 2003 00:08, you wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Julian Visch wrote: > > On Saturday 30 August 2003 23:21, you wrote: > > > It's more likely that Windows boot.ini can't abide being separated from > > > the MBR. > > > > > > I would say that is indeed likely to be the issue - if LILO or GRUB > > > points to boot.ini on hda, it works - and in your circumstance, > > > boot.ini on hd[bc] doesn't. > > > > Would switching the 2 drives around and creating a boot floppy be a way > > of checking this? > > Don't be frightened of splitting your NTFS partition. If you want a > cookbook on how to do this using Knoppix let me know. I have done this a > number of times.
I keep them on seperate hard drives so that windows doesn't corrupt my linux hard drive whenever it crashes or feels like it.
