BootLoaders was Re: NT5 dual boot

[Jean Francois]

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--- Kevin Brown <kevin_brown@qwest.net> wrote:
> Or System Commander.
> 
> > Mark wrote:
> > 
> > There is a program called Mrbooter, that should work in place of LILO,
> it's
> > shareware, Dos based, and very easy to use.  I'll find the URL for you.
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CIE-Keith [mailto:keith@christianexchange.org]
> > Sent: 14 February 2001 16:18
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: NT5 dual boot
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > My solution was to use two hard drives.  Things work better however I
> > think the real solution is two removable hard drives.  I will be
> > installing w2k server (NT5?) soon and will be using a removable.  I
> > want to use the same box as both a w2k server and a Linux server, on
> > separate removable drives.  Of course this all in the privacy of my
> > home.
> > 
> > Keith Smith
> > (not the football player)
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lucas Vogel <lvogel@exponent.com>
> > To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:15 PM
> > Subject: RE: NT5 dual boot
> > 
> > > I have a Sony Vaio laptop with Windows 2000 that I set up with an
> > extra
> > > partition to install TurboLinux, which we got when we bought a hub
> > for one
> > > of our offices. I could not for the life of me get the LILO to play
> > well
> > > with NT5 - I'm still not entirely sure why. I never DID get it to
> > work, but
> > > I read up on the MS website on something about a NTDetect.dos file
> > or
> > > something similarly titled that you can edit to boot into "other
> > operating
> > > systems", though I don't know if that's MS wording for other MS OS's
> > or
> > > not...
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Eden Li [mailto:eden.li@asu.edu]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:12 PM
> > > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > > Subject: Re: NT5 dual boot
> > >
> > >
> > > Nah, it's not stupid... You probably can.. see the previous posts..
> > > I prefer LILO over NT's boot loader though..
> > >
> > > Eden
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 07:11:07PM -0700, CIE-Keith wrote:
> > > > Can you use the NT boot loader also?  Please forgive my ignorance
> > if
> > > > this is a stupid question.


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