Michael wrote:
>
> I actually installed Boot Magic along with Partition Magic and I lost
> access to my D Drive (NTFS), on the install. I called PQ and they
> helped me straighten it out. They said not to install Boot Magic until
> the Linux install was completed. This is one of the reasons I asked if
> there were any more little surprises to expect.
>
> I've read a tutorial about not installing LILO in the MBR, instead,
> configure LILO and place it on the Linux Primary partition. But then it
> said to add a line in the NT boot.ini file, (C:\BOOTSECT.LIN="Now Linux
> is here")
> and use dd to create a boot record image(# dd if=/dev/hda3 bs=512
> count=1 of=/dosc/bootsect.lin), and boot from the NTLoader. Is this
> what you are talking about?
>
> Michael
>
Exactly. I've been using this method exclusively for quite a while, and
it works perfectly. I also use this with W2K, I tried using lilo to
control the boot process with W2k on a couple of installs, but W2k
didn't like that at all.
here's the link to a how to:
http://morse.colorado.edu/itplab/ipv6/dualboot.html
