[Techtalk] W2k NTFS and RHL 7.0

[Samantha Blackmon]

On Sunday 17 March 2002 08:24 pm, your magickal owl delivered this message:
> ** On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 01:24:11 -0500 Samantha
> <samanthablackmon at yahoo.com>dashed off this message:
>
> pmfji,
>
> **This problem is because W2K has its own bootloader and it takes over,
> with **GRUB I found out that I could go in and make the changes in the
> bootloaders
>
> w2k is notorious for screwing up any Non Microsoft OS.

Yep, that's true
>
> However , IF you use LILO and install it into the mbr this problem just
> doesn't arise .  (??!)  I don't know GRUB so it might not be posible to
> load it that way.

I have GRUB loaded at the front of the MBR and after a bad experience with 
creating a dual boot system on my laptop with Win98 and Mandrake 7.0 a while 
back I left LILO alone (call me chicken). 
>
> The only hassle I get from w2k now is, any time I boot into it, when
> switching back to Linux it complains that the drive wasn't properly shut
> down and does fsck for a while.

I have never had this happen, maybe someone else knows why this happens?
>
> The only problem I've ever run into w/ this setup is on the rare times
> I want to remove the linux and w2k partitions ... but  the old Dos /mbr
> OR OS2  /mbr newmbr will set the thing back to the origional version.
> There is also a commmand that I mis-remember at the moment. It will
> uninstall the lilo setup in the mbr and restorre it to whatever it was
> before .  THe does NOT work well if you have already wiped your HD , tho
> <g>
>
> Jfw
> "Goddess in Training "