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I remember reading somewhere where you need to install Win2k FIRST, and THEN install Linux. The reason was the problem that you encountered (it may have been in the README or INSTALL file for Redhat, but I'm not sure). Grant M. > | Buying a new computer, (o joy, (note lowercase)), > | I get w2k with it. > | > | Being a curious sort I install it, everything > | works okay except that w2k sets itself (hda3) > | active, stealing the next boot. > | > | Is there any way to stop w2k from doing this, > | or to have grub fix it? > > So they're still doing this. A couple years ago, I found the > paragraph in one of MS's pages of fine print where they state that > Windows will check all the partitions during a boot, and any not > containing a valid MS OS may be marked non-bootable. This is to help > you, of course, since you wouldn't want to be confused by > accidentally booting a partition that doesn't contain a valid OS.
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