right now i have windows me on a 23gb partition and linux on a 5gb partiton. i am going to make another 1.5 gb partition and install windows xp. i have read alot of places that tell me that xp will overwrite the mbr. is it possible to use lilo to boot xp? and after i edit lilo.conf how do i reinstall it on the mbr? and can linux read/write a ntfs partiton.

edit lilo.cfg and just make a new one called XP or whatever and have it direct at /dev/hde# replace # with whatever # your XP partition is, it works for me, i have a linux partitiob, win2k adv server and win xp

If XP uses OSloader like NT does then you will have to use that otherwise, you can still use lilo, just edit the lilo.conf file as you did for windows.
If XP overwrites the MBR you will have to use a boot disk to get into linux, then edit the lilo.conf and then as root run
/sbin/lilo
This will rewrite lilo to your MBR

HTH
Stuart

Hey all, the easiest way for triple boot win9x , linux, and 2000 or xp is put win 9x on c: and then put 2000 or xp finally put linux and when asked installling linux do custom install and choose to load lilo in the superblock boot partition example-- /dev/hda5 ,6,7 whatever not the mbr hda1 then dwonload BootPart 2.20 from http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm its freeware so you can add any partition on the bootmenu for 2000 so you add the linux partition and then can have linux as one of the boot options. real easy proggie to use just read the instructions pretty automatic.