[linux-help] Re: help..

["Jim Vetor" <jvetor1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wondered it he might be in more trouble then just the mbr changing but I
don't know Linux well enough to really know and that prompted my question.
Good luck to him and maybe someone with the know how will answer our
question correctly.

Jim Vetor
----- Original Message -----
From: Hareesh V H <fd98209@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: help..


>
> i also had the same feeling and i guess there is good reason to believe
> so. what happened to my friend when he tried the unconventional method of
> installing windows in an existing linux box is what prompted my help
> request actually :) :)
>
> regards,
> Hareesh.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 1 Apr 2001, Jim Vetor wrote:
>
> >
> > I have a question, if you have a drive that has only Linux and you try
> > installing Windows will it mess up the Linux partitions? I was under the
> > impression that it would. I thought if you wanted a dual boot you needed
to
> > have Windows installed first then install Linux.
> > Wondering.
> >
> > Jim Vetor
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: lowell <lowell@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 12:19 PM
> > Subject: [linux-help] Re: help..
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Hareesh V H" <fd98209@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 7:43 AM
> > > Subject: [linux-help] help..
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  hi! there's this problem - someone i know installed windows on a
> > machine
> > > > running linux already. the mbr got changed and he now wants to
install
> > > > lilo in the mbr. how is this possible? thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > > Hareesh.
> > >
> > >     Try this: reboot from bootdisk (you DID make one,
> > > didn't you?) ,edit /etc/lilo.conf  to make Win partiton recognized &
> > > bootable, run /sbin/lilo, reboot.
> > > HTH
> > >
> > >
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