This is a known problem. Haven't tried it myself, but, as I understand it, you have to install LILO somewhere other than the MBR, probably on your Linux boot partition, then point the NT loader at that. There's a nice little utility called bootpart http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm which may help you do this. Cheers Marius ----- Original Message ----- From: "quaylar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] LiLo conflicts with Win NT - What to do? > At 10:54 20.09.2001 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi there! > > > >I recently tried to install Mandrake on the very same HD (3GB for WinNT > >boot(C:), 20 GB for NT (D:), 18GB for Mandrake) like my current Win NT. > >Everything worked fine, until I tried to start NT again. NT could not find > >Disk D, where all the applications are stored. The Diskmanager told me, > >there was an unknown partition. setting the FS type under linux from 85 to 5 > >enhanced the problem not significantly. After removing LiLo from the mbr NT > >worked again. > >Now my question is: Does anybody know how to install LiLo without harming > >the partitiontable information NT requires? I would appreciate any hint on > >how to do this. Couldn't really find anything... > > > >Andreas > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > hiho andreas > > well - u mean u were able to boot into windows nt ? > but u werent able to start any applications ? > > hmm - under win98 i know this problem doesnt exist because it doesnt "see" > the linux ext2 partitions at all. > under win2k one is able to "hide" the unknown partitions, thus making them > invisible to windows - so they are not occupying drive letters. > > under win NT ---- arent u able to "hide" the unknown partitions ? > or - assign the unknown partition another drive letter than D ? > (i assume that the unknown partition is a primary and your former D part. > is a logical drive) > so win nt re-assigns the drive letters - making the first 2 primary > partitions C and D and then following your partition with your windows nt apps. > > u could also try to re-install linux - installing it *not* to a primary, > but secondary(logical) partition (i think it should be possible - consult > your manual) > > hth > > --quay > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
