I would like it.

thanks
david

Date forwarded:         2 Jun 1998 19:34:51 -0000
Date sent:              Tue, 2 Jun 1998 13:50:29 -0500 (CDT)
From:                   Matt Housh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:                     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:                Re: Linux/NT dual boot question
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> 
>       It is indeed possible, and in fact doesn't involve NTLDR. Lilo
> doesn't "point to" NTLDR, it "points to" the partition on which NT is
> installed, like it would for dos or windows 95. You can even put linux in
> the NT boot menu. I have NT, Dos, and Linux all loading from the boot menu
> here, and it works great. Also, you can compile NTFS support into the
> kernel, and read your NT partitions from Linux (which, incidentally, you'd
> HAVE to, to get linux to load from the boot menu on an NTFS-only
> system...) I wrote a small NT Boot Menu + Linux tutorial some time ago
> that I feel is worded in a better way than the Linux+NTLDR howto, let me
> know if you'd like it.
> 
> HTH, Matt
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Matt Housh                         email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> MicroComputer Specialist                University of Tulsa
>                            Engineering and Natural Sciences
> 
>     "I don't remember yesterday. And today, it rained."
> 
> On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, George Lenzer wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to set up a Linux/NT dual boot IF NTFS is the only filesystem 
> > used by NT?  My inclination is to say no. considering that LILO has to be able 
> > to point to the NTLDR.  If the NTLDR is on an NTFS partition, would LILO be 
> > able to point to it?
> > 
> > The reason I ask, is that I have an NT system here at work with all drives 
> > formatted in NTFS for security.  If I begin the Linux install, I am going to 
> > have to use fdisk to set up the new partitions to install Linux and the swap 
> > space to.  Where should I locate LILO?  If I put it in the MBR, then wouldn't 
> > NT have problems booting up?  Has anyone else done this successfully?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
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