[linux-help] Re: help..

[Jeremy King <soapboxalpha@xxxxxxxxx>]

If I recall correctly, the windows install has a
pretty brain-dead approach to disk
partitioning--first, it checks for free space, if it
finds some, it creates its partion there, without
disturbing the existing partitions.  If it finds no
free space, it asks for permission to claim the entire
disk for itself.  Assuming that there was free space
set aside (not partitioned) when windows was
installed, all you should need to do is to set up lilo
as described previously.  If there was no free space,
and Windows took the whole disk... the rest of the
story should be pretty obvious.

Jeremy


--- Jim Vetor <jvetor1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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