Juma wrote: > > Hi, > I have Redhat Linux and Win2000 configured as dual boot with LILO and > its running fine... > I have bought Win XP and I want to upgrade my Win2000 ..I have some > doubts in that.. > 1) if i upgrade to Win XP will it affect my Lilo which is my boot > manager. > 2)will Win XP write to the Master Boot Record(MBR) and cant I never > boot to my Linux.?
WinXP most probably (I never used XP) will overwrite your MBR, thus any possible boot loader (LiLo, Grub or anything else) will be destroyed. Solution: Make a boot disk. You could also use the first Red Hat installation CD, type "linux resue" at the boot prompt and `chroot /mnt/sysimage`, then lilo -v, but my kind of boot sisk is also nice: Temporarily change the "boot" line in /etc/lilo.conf to point to your floppy drive. Example: # normal: install on first IDE disk's MBR boot=/dev/hda # change to first floppy boot=/dev/fd0 Then run lilo -v, your boot floppy (no kernel, just lilo) is ready. Don't forget to test the floppy and then undo the change to /etc/lilo.conf (you can change more things like the label for the future WinXP entry). Install WinXP. After that boot from your floppy. It will boot you directly into your usual Linux system. There, run lilo -v, and you are all set. > 3)how can I change from LILO to GRUB so that if sth screws up I can > fix it? *Any* boot loader is destroyed when the MBR gets overwritten. But to learn about grub, do `info grub`. And you can first use it for your boot floppy, so no harm is done to your actual harddisk if anything goes wrong. Best regards, Martin Stricker -- Homepage: http://www.martin-stricker.de/ Webmaster-Forum: http://www.masterportal24.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.cgi Red Hat Linux 7.2 for low memory: http://www.rule-project.org/ Registered Linux user #210635: http://counter.li.org/ _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
