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Re: Win2000/Linux LILO Question ?

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From: Simon Gornall
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 21:34
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Jim Ankrum wrote:
> 
> Rob Neff wrote:
> >
> > Ummm ... booting win2k from Lilo is bad. Loading any
> > NT from lilo is bad. NT comes with a bootloader. Simply
> > add the partition with linux on it to your boot loader
> > text file in windows.
> >
> > See:
> > http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/5300/index.html#dualboot
> 
> out of curiosity... why do you say booting win2k
> from lilo is bad? I've  been doing this with several
> distros for about 18 months with no problems whatsoever.

Indeed, I'm curious too. I've always done it this way.

 1) Install NT/Win2k
 2) Install Linux. Redhat will auto-detect the NT partition
    and add it to the Lilo menu...
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