On Tue, 21 May 2002 02:47:17 -0300 Damian G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2002 08:54:27 +0400 > "Nashib .J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > Can someone help me, I have partitioned my harddisk > > with two primary fat32 for windows98 installation > > and used the free space for M.Linux installation. I > > installed M.Linux first on the hard disk. My > > question is, will the Lilo boot loader recognise > > windows98 when I will install it in the futur. > > > > hm.. to tell you the truth, you should have intalled windoze first. > when you install windows now, it will overwrite the LILO entry in your > MBR, so your computer will boot straight into windows, no questions > asked. > > so, make a linux bootdisk now. install windoze, and then, to get back > into linux, you will have to use the bootdisk and restore lilo by > logging in as root and executing /sbin/lilo at a command-line > terminal. > > don't worry, windows will be recognized OK. Will it? Wouldn't you have to put an entry for windows in /etc/lilo.conf? Or does Mandrake simply recognize that there's a fat32 partition. I'm just curious how that would work with no working windoze installation yet. Bill
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