On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 09:48:35AM -0800, Peter Welte wrote:
> Hey...
> im installing Debian on a system that has a 30 GB
> hard drive, and the first 10 GB is used by NTFS (which
> i cant delete). If i install Debian past 8 GB, and
> lilo on the mbr, is it true that lilo wont be able to
> start linux?
No, it isn't always true. Have a look at "linear" and "lba32"
options in lilo docs. They work on some bioses and don't work
on others... I don't know of any way to tell if it'll work for
you.
On my home box / is above 1024th cylinder, lilo is installed on
_partition_ and NT loader boots linux (there's a howto on that).
It works just fine, the only problem is to remember to copy over
new boot sector after rebuilding the kernel.
> if so... i can still make a /boot on the first part
> of the hard drive, right? (by specifying [Beginning]
> durring the debian install)?
If there's free space in the beginning.
HTH
Dima
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