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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers problem in dual boot Post 5829 by ober5861 on Friday 24th of August 2001 08:08:15 AM
Old 08-24-2001
I'm guessing by 7.1, you mean Redhat 7.1. Regardless, if the drive is currently empty, partition it before you do anything else. Then install NT first, Redhat second, and LILO should be configured when you reboot.

If you already have NT installed (which I'm guessing is your case), find a partitioning tool, probably Partition Magic, and partition your drive. Then install RH 7.1 and once again, LILO should be configured, or it is easily configurable once in Redhat.

Your other option is to install 7.1 on another drive altogether. Then just configure LILO from Linux to boot to either drive. Keep in mind there are also other boot managers (ie. Loadlin, Grub, etc..) BUT, my suggestion is to definately have NT installed FIRST. Otherwise, you may be reinstalling it later... I know this from experience after a botched attempt on Mandrake's part to correctly partition my drive.
 

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GRUB-INSTALL(8) 					  System Administration Utilities					   GRUB-INSTALL(8)

NAME
grub-install - install GRUB to a device SYNOPSIS
grub-install [OPTION] install_device DESCRIPTION
Install GRUB on your drive. -h, --help print this message and exit -v, --version print the version information and exit --modules=MODULES pre-load specified modules MODULES --boot-directory=DIR install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub instead of the /boot/grub directory --grub-setup=FILE use FILE as grub-setup --grub-mkimage=FILE use FILE as grub-mkimage --grub-mkrelpath=FILE use FILE as grub-mkrelpath --grub-mkdevicemap=FILE use FILE as grub-mkdevicemap --grub-probe=FILE use FILE as grub-probe --no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive --allow-floppy Make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes. --recheck probe a device map even if it already exists --force install even if problems are detected --disk-module=MODULE disk module to use INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename. grub-install copies GRUB images into /boot/grub, and uses grub-setup to install grub into the boot sector. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. SEE ALSO
grub-mkconfig(8), grub-mkimage(1), grub-setup(8), grub-mkrescue(1) The full documentation for grub-install is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-install programs are properly installed at your site, the command info grub-install should give you access to the complete manual. grub-install (GRUB) 1.99-12ubuntu5 October 2011 GRUB-INSTALL(8)
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