[ILUG] [slightly OT] Linux and NT

Conor Lennon clennon at accuris.ie
Wed May 3 10:44:50 IST 2000


Well that could be a problem.
I installed Corel Linux, then resized some partitions.
This prevented Lilo from working, so I re-installed Corel Linux.

So what is the 'proper NT way of doing things for this one'
I tried reinstalling NT.  It restored the boot settings, but left Lilo
as it was.
Does the NT mbr reside in the same location as lilo?

Colm Buckley wrote:
> 
> Kev writes:
> 
> > -u copies the last saved mbr back, so if you've run lilo more than once,
> > say if you rejigged things after installing, it won't restore the "MS mbr"
> > (tm). You really need the *proper* NT way of doing things for this one ...
> 
> Not quite - LILO checks timestamps to see whether it needs to do another
> backup or not, and, unless you did something weird, should restore the
> 'original' MBR.
> 
>           Colm
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