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Re: Linux + Win NT OK?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (robob)
Sun Dec 1 13:45:41 1996
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 00:41:51 -0500 (EST)
From: robob <robob@robob.com>
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On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Andrea Borgia wrote:
> NT will put a signature in a forbidden area of the MBR (ask yourself
> who did write NT and you'll know why
Wrong, Win95 writes to the MBR, NT does not. NT does write to the
partition table and boot tracks.
) and Lilo (at least version 0.19;
> a newer version with this "problem" fixed is due out soon) will erase
> it when it updates its loader map (every time you install/move the
> kernel): as a result, in some cases, NT will completely reassign your
> drive letters, wreaking havoc among your applications.
>
NT and Lilo work fine. Ck the archives of this and other lists and you
will find solutions. The drive letters in NT can be set with Disk
Administrator and saved.
> In the meanwhile, I'm running Lilo off a floppy and I'm quite happy
> with NT4 (much better than 95, though far from perfect).
>
No need to boot from a floppy.
Robert A. Ober
Robob@robobo.com www.robob.com, ftp.robob.com, robob1.robob.com,etc
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