> In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.970325113700.17934K-100000@fotd.netcomi.com>,
> "James L. McGill" <fishbowl@fotd.netcomi.com> writes:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, SubbaRao V. Chitturi wrote:
> >
> >>1. Is it possible to have NT and Linux on the same disk? Where can I
> >>find more information about using high-end OSs on the same disk along
> >>with Linux?
>
> I have that. The only thing that will not work is lilo, i.e. you have to
> use loadlin instead (which works _very_ nicely)
>
> Apparently Lose NT puts something in the DOS boot partition, and lilo tries
> to do the same. As a result, if you install lilo after installing Lose NT,
> Lose NT will not boot and you have to reinstall the whole NT partition.
bzzzt! Not quite. Install NT, then install linux and put LILO into the
MBR. Then edit lilo.conf to contain an entry for the NT partition. Works
just fine. I happen to have Linux, NT and 95 working fine on the same
machine. (no loadlin BTW)
Regards,
Y.