IMO the windows boot loader is junk -- I'd recommend using grub above all
else; I haven't had any compelling reason to use lilo recently. the only
thing is that if you have to do a repair/re-install of windows, it may
(probably will?) overwrite your MBR, so you'll have to use a liveCD or
something to get back into your linux partition and re-run grub_install.
but one can hope that if you're using linux most of the time, windows
won't manage to eat itself quite as frequently :)
overall, just be aware that the windows install will eat your MBR no
matter what, and plan your installation order accordingly.
as far as partitioning goes - if memory serves, you can create partitions
from within the windows installer, yet not be forced to install on them.
therefore, what I normally do is create a small partition from within the
windows installation (for /boot), then create a larger one after it for
the main windows drive and install on that. Then, I create the other 2 (or
more) partitions for linux from the linux installer. My point is, you can
(normally...) get by without partition magic or any fancy partitioning
tool. if you can't at least make the boot and windows partitions with the
windows installer (which is all you need to have made at that point) you
could always just boot some liveCD (i find the gentoo minimum install CD
to be handy) and use those tools. (the horror story Peter linked to, well,
I blame that on the rescue partition - those things always seem to screw
everything up, I hate them.)
that came out longer than expected, sorry.
-phil
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Jason Ellison wrote:
It's pretty much just editing a text file. And copying over the boot sector
from Linux. A quick Google gets you
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/10/fhassel_grub_nt.html . I have no
problems with grub, I was just mentioning another option that I know works
well.
David Zakar wrote:
Perhaps it's just me, but I've always found the Windows bootloader to be
a lot less easy to manage than GRUB.
-DMZ
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 09:03 -0400, Jason Ellison wrote:
You can always use the windows boot loader to load the Linux boot loader.
That was how I had my dual boot system setup. After all LILO is not to be
trusted.
Jason
J. Milgram wrote:
Have a new laptop. Had been thinking of simply trashing the XP system it
came with, but now maybe I'll try a dual-boot setup. It's been a long
while since I've done one of these. Will probably just fdisk to make a
couple of new partitions, install Linux then re-install XP into one of
the new partitions (it came with a CD for same). Anything special to
watch out for? Will I have to re-install LILO after installing XP or
something like that? Hazy memories of doing this with W95 ...
thanks
Judah
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