by Dani » Mon, 22 Sep 1997 04:00:00
From what I understand, Windows 95 erases the boot sector during installation
(regardless of whether it uses it or not)...??? Does Windows NT 4.0
Wordstation NOT do this? The reason I ask is that I had some trouble in the
past when I tried to install NT after I had "un-installed" Linux by
reformatting my hard drive.
Thanks,
--Daniel.
1. multi-booting Linux & '95 & NT - advice sought
Hi,
I've got a Dell CPi 266 laptop currently running Win95 & Red Hat Linux
5.2 and I need to also install NT4. My disk partitioning looks like
this at the moment (from Linux):
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda2 262 787 4225095 5 Extended
/dev/hda3 773 788 128520 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda5 262 522 2096451 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda6 523 588 530113+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda7 589 694 851413+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda8 695 772 626503+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda1 & /dev/hda5 are both Win95 at the moment (C: and D:
respectively), and all the others are Linux. I want to install NT on
/dev/hda5 (leaving just hda1 for '95).
I'm currently using LILO on /dev/hda to boot Linux & '95. I could use
NT's boot loader to boot all 3 OS's - I think I understand how to get
NT's boot loader to load Linux, but can I get LILO to boot Linux, '95 &
NT?
Most of the docs & HOWTO's I've read recommend installing NT before Linux,
but I'd rather get NT on there without disturbing the current setup too
much (or at all if possible!)
So, my question - has anyone done this successfully, and can anyone
offer pointers and/or advice before I jump in there and do it?
--
Des Herriott, Oracle Corporation UK Ltd.
- speaking for myself, not my employer.
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