On Monday 2001-12-31 at 17:25:39 -0500, Paul Schmidt wrote:

> > 1) Can Linux be installed on the same computer as WinNT and be
> > booted to either OS?
>
> Yes, this is easy most Linux based OSes will automatically install a
> program called LILO which will allow you to select booting either
> Linux or NT. Be careful reading the docs, there may be goofy things

I wouldn't recommend booting NT using LILO. Use NT's boot loader to
boot both NT and Linux. That's just my experience.

> related to booting NT under LILO, although the combination has been
> around long enough that most of the problems should be automatically
> resolved by now.
>
> I would suggest though, that if you have room in your computer, that
> you install a second hard drive, put Linux on that. This will
> prevent Windows from trying to goof with it.

Windows won't try to goof with it unless it knows about it. Don't let
it know about it!


David Trudgett