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Marc SCHAEFER wrote:

> If you install Linux first, then NT, NT will notice the non MS-DOS
> MBR boot sector and will install its boot in its partition.

but NT can't include booting linux, can it.

> I prefer this method, since the other:
> > (Linux root-partition) and copy the first sektor of hda2 in a file:
> >  /bin/dd if=/dev/hda2 bs=512 count=1 of=/tmp/bootsek.lin
> >  then put /tmp/bootsek.lin on hda1 (c:\bootsek.lin under NT),
> >  edit boot.ini and add c:\bootsek.lin="Linux"
> means modifying this file every time the kernel is changed.

but how do you boot then?


> Also, I do the partitionning in Linux:
>    /boot for Linux
>    NT data
>    Linux swap
>    Linux root
> If you do the partitionning in NT you get a lot of logical partitions.

depends on how large the disk is. maybe you want some seperate
datapartitions for NT or for linux a seperate /home-part. then you have
to use logical parts anyway. but to make the /boot and the NT-system
partition on a primary is imho a good idea.