There are far fewer steps involved in getting LILO to boot NT than for the NT
loader to boot Linux. There are FAQs on how to do the latter but not the
former.
On my system, I installed both at the same time. But the way I installed NT
was to format the partition first, and then ran the NT install without the
setup disk so it would not take over the whole drive. You have this already
done, though.
I then booted back to Linux using the emergency diskette, and then put the
LILO entries in lilo.conf, then ran LILO, and it works flawlessly. Actually,
I later uninstalled NT because my video drivers for it were terrible, but the
drivers under 95 were much better.
I did the dual boot this way because after reading how involved it is to get
NT loader to load Linux, it wasn't worth all the hassle. And you have to redo
parts of it every time you recompile the Linux kernel. Using LILO you don't
have to do these things.
Laters,
Karsten
"Patrick Kirk" wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> The PC I've installed Linux on dual boots NT4.
>
> Its a straight-forward SuSE 5.2 installation which I did this morning.
>
> I want edit boot.ini so booting Linux is an option. Is there a HOWTO for
> this?
>
> The SuSE manual has loads of commands along the lines of dd if/=dev bs=512.
> Where is there help on what all this means and how to use it? It looks
> sensible but difficult to learn without some form of HOWTO.
>
> Please do send any advice, links!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Patrick
>
> Wise Chinese Proverb: "Fed up of your computer winning at chess? Try it at
> kick-boxing instead!"
>
> Patrick Kirk of Enterprise HR
>
> Tel: 0044 118 939 1122 Web: http://www.enterprise-hr.com
>
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