[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux on 2nd Hard Drive

[Merlin]

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