On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 21:30, Klemens Arro wrote: > Hi, > > how can I install windows without disturbing my mdk 10 linux. > I am sharing my computer with my brother and he wants windows :'( > > I have a partition for it, but I am afraid that, when I install it, it will > delete my lilo? > > thanks.
Windows - rather, all MS OS's - require that they're on the first partition. So, if you make some free space on your HDA and install Windows, it will rewrite the MBR to point to IT as the first partition and likely hose up your entire installation of MDK (or any other non-MS OS). When installing, the idea would be to install Windows first and finish that, then install linux afterwards and let lilo (or grub) be the bootloader. Sucks, but that's the safest way. Generally, when I do dual-boots, I create a partition for Windows towards the end of the first drive and leave free space prior to that for linux - after installing Windows, I then make use of the remaining space for linux and let lilo deal with booting. BTW, can't your brother deal with VMware? stephen kuhn - owner ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time.
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