Intalling linux with winxp

dark_light · 06-04-2002, 02:14 AM

Hi
I have winxp installed on my pc.
I want to install redhat linux 7.0.
Now should i install LILO also or not.
I think winxp will detect the Linux but im not sure.
Thanx

dark_light · 06-04-2002, 02:22 AM

If i install Redhat 7.0 on first partition and xp on the other then would it be fine

5amYan · 06-04-2002, 02:25 AM

I have RH7.3 and XP on a box no problem. I use grub though. I've become familiar with it and prefer it to LILO now.
Yes the 2 OS should be on different partitions.

bkeating · 06-04-2002, 02:34 AM

but why use XP?

your better off installing LILO on a floppy instead of tampering with windows and it's NTLDR. This is the safest way to run both as a dual boot.

er atleast this is what i feel right now... Easy atleast.

DavidPhillips · 06-04-2002, 02:50 AM

I installed winME then XP. XP found ME and set it up in the boot menu.

Then I installed Linux, put grub on the MBR. It recognized both fat32 (WinME) and ntfs (WinXP).

I set it up to boot the first hard drive, which is ME. it loads the NT boot menu.

5amYan · 06-04-2002, 03:44 AM

Have one box
hda1 - XP
hda2 - RH7.3

another box
hda1- OpenBSD
hda2 - FreeBSD
hda3 - W2KPr0 broken by XP upgrade
hdb1 - RH7.3

Use grub on both and all Oses work fine, except Win2000/XP but it boots to a screen that says Windows cannot run without yada yada...