spaaz9 Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 I know you can install Linux alongside a Windows partition and grub will recognize it's there and all that jazz, but can you install windows after you've already installed LM? I have a 20GB hard drive, and 10GB is used for LM. I want to put Win98 on the other 10GB. Anything special I have to do for LILO or Grub to stay as the bootloader? Basically, I don't want to boot into windows automatically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 AFAIK you will have to boot from the MDK cd in rescue mode, then reinstall lilo. when you install 98 it *will* over-write the master boot record :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 I think the easiest thing to do would have been to install windows first. when you install windows now, its gonna write over the Master Boot Record. you could always install windows and let it write over your master boot record, then use your linux boot floppy to boot, and once in linux run as root: lilo -v which would restore lilo as your boot manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaaz9 Posted October 10, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 Alright... thanks a lot. I would have installed windows first, ,but I really hate it, and I was running Lycoris Desktop/LX on the other part. but I wiped it when I installed LM. I just need widows to run my usb cd-writer... LM won't recognize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtweidmann Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 The reason its normally easier to install Windows first is that it over writes Lilo. THis means you can't boot back in to Linux afterwards. This is easy enough to fix as long as you have the original install CD or a Linux boot disk. But there is no required order to install them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaaz9 Posted October 10, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 Thanks for the insight... I decided not to install it windows after I blew away the boot loader and had to reinstall it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ral Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 I am not sure, by my understanding is that Win98 can only boot from Drive C. Win2K and XP can boot from other drives. I think you would have to install Win98 first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frew Posted October 10, 2002 Report Share Posted October 10, 2002 you might want to remember about reinstalling the boot-loader because you may need to upgrade windows sometime, like say, if you found a bug or something.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaaz9 Posted October 11, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2002 Windows is too much of a hassle. I can load Lycoris on that other partition, and I'll have the best of both worlds, and I don't have to worry about the bootloader, or not recognizing the drives... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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