[linux-help] Re: help..

[Jeff Vian <jvian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

the "Oh Shit!" approach is the best for a system that already had Linux
installed.

For ease of setup and install, always install windows first because of the
mbr problem.
Then when Linux is installed, (at least with RedHat) it will see the windows
OS and prompt for making it dual boot.
The comment about windows wanting the first physical partition is, as far as
I know, correct.

However, with LILO you can boot windows from almost any partition on the
machine.  It just needs to be set up in lilo to boot that way.  Thus, if you
install windows on a drive (say in the C: drive position) then move it to
some other hardware location, (maybe to E: or F: ) then lilo will still be
able to boot windows with the proper configuration settings.

If you are dual booting with NT there are some additional considerations.
You must use the NT boot loader instead of LILO.  See the docs for how.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Koji Hayakawa" <sylf00@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 10:02 PM
Subject: [linux-help] Re: help..


>
> That being said, I always have a linux rescue diskette, and I labeled it
"Oh
> Shit!" disk.  With my Oh Shit disk, I can boot my machine into linux mode,
> load both fat, fat32, and ext2 partition.  After loading ext32 partition,
I
> can run lilo as I desire, and mbr is back to the state you want.
> Also my understanding was that windows always want to claim the first
> partition on the first physical drive on the machine....  at least windows
> 9x/Me does.  Maybe I'm wrong on this.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Jeremy King
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 2:10 PM
> To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: help..
>
>
>
> 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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