[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux dual boot w/NT4

[Ron Hamilton]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 08:11:04PM -0600, Steve Baker wrote:
> Ron Hamilton wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 05:47:28PM -0600, jm wrote:
> > > I'm thinking of loading Mandrake 8.2 on my PC at work, which has NT4 SP6
> > > installed.  Does anyone know of any dual boot problems with NT that I
> > > should be aware of?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Joe
> > 
> > I ran Mandrake 8.0 and later 8.1 alongside NT4 for about a year on 5 HP
> > Pavillion PC's without incident.  I had heard complaints about NT having
> > it's own bootloader but it didn't seem to matter once I did the Linux
> > install.  Both Grub and Lilo seemed to work just fine.
> 
> There *is* some kind of wierdness with NT and Linux - I think it's
> necessary to install NT *before* you install Linux - I don't recollect
> why - but I'm sure a quick google/linux search will turn up the answer.
>
Right, I guess I should have said that first.. My workstations all had
NT installed first, with Linux added later.  And that *is* why the
caution about NT having it's own bootloader.  My apologies for any
confusion.

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Ron Hamilton
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