[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux on 2nd Hard Drive
Merlin
merlin at tacni.net
Tue Aug 27 11:28:51 CDT 2002
Quoting MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>:
> as long as the bootloader image itself is on the first drive in the boot
> sector (MBR), it should work fine. Don't see why it wouldn't.
> LILO, points to a drive where to load the second half of the bootloader
> is located, ie. /dev/hdb1
>
> XP may have a problem giving up the boot sector (NT and 2K do, but there
> are ways around it), but lilo should be fine.
In case the MBR gets hosed, does WinXP still support `fdisk /mbr' or some
equivalent?
I guess I'd best make sure I have my recovery disk handy before I do anything.
--
Merlin
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