----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Claxton <jzc@primenet.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: NT5 dual boot


> On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, CIE-Keith wrote:
>
> > I had nothing but trouble trying to maintain w95 and Linux on the
same
> > drive.  Every time I reinstalled w95 it would overwrite the mbr?
and I
> > would have to play with lilo or reinstall Linux.  I spent a week
> > trying to get the two to play nice with each other.  I think it is
a
> > windows dominance problem.
> >
>
> There is a SETUP.EXE command switch that tells SETUP NOT to
overwrite the
> MBR and it's /IR. It's from this Win98 Resource Kit book that I
have.
>

Wish I knew that last year.  I didn't even know about this "Resource
Kit" until I read about it earlier tonight in my w2k server book.

It's funny till someone's eye gets pocked out......ur um MBR gets
overwritten..........

Keith

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