[LUAU] Slackware and Windows XP

Vince Hoang vince.hoang at gmail.com
Sun Oct 17 19:46:28 PDT 2004


On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:41:30 -1000, raf at hawaii.rr.com <raf at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> I have Windows 98 on the first drive and Slackware on the second
> drive.  Both are sharing LILO on the MBR.  If I do a clean install of
> WinXP Pro on the first drive it will surely wipe LILO, Right?

Yes.

> I re-install LILO will it "see" and boot WinXP too?

Yes.

The "fun" part is figuring how to boot back into your slack install,
since WinXP will blow away your old bootloader. Be sure you have a
boot floppy or CD handy.

-Vince



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