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How to set up multi-boot system?k



On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Narayan Gangadhar wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi guys
> 
>  I have a doubt. I had installed
> LINUX my comp and windows -95.
> I had a lilo loader installed.
> 
>  Later on i installed windows -98
> and suddenly the liloloader
> disappeared. The comp direcly
> booted in Windows -98.
> 
> any reasons ?

Yup.  When you install any Microsoft operating system, it overwrites the
boot sector with its own.  You need to boot Linux from a boot floppy (or
the CD if you have a bootable one) and run lilo to fix this.


Derek D. Martin   |  UNIX System Administrator
derek at netria.com  |  dmartin at lancity.com

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