<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO: Tips on how to install Windows NT and Linux on the same System</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-4.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-2.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc3" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-4.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-2.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc3">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s3">3. Tips on how to install Windows NT and Linux on the same System</A></H2> <H2><A NAME="ss3.1">3.1 Windows NT installation</A> </H2> <P>Try to install Windows NT first. If you want to use NTFS for your Windows NT-partition, keep in mind, that the todays production version of Linux cannot access NTFS partitions. An alpha driver that can read NTFS-Partitions is available at <CODE>http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~loewis/ntfs</CODE>. You may create a separate FAT-Partition for data exchange or you have to use DOS-formatted floppies. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss3.2">3.2 Partitioning</A> </H2> <P>Another Mini-howto recommends not to use NTs "Disk Administartor" to create the Linux swap- and root-partitions. It is sufficient to see the free space there. I also recommend to use linux's fdisk later. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss3.3">3.3 Linux installation</A> </H2> <P>Now boot linux from diskettes, create the swap and root-partition. Fdisk assumes the ntfs-partition to be a HPFS-partition. This is normal. Boot again from diskettes and install Linux as you like. <P> <P>Just in case the installation procedure suggests that you could mount the HPFS partition which it has found: Ignore it. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss3.4">3.4 Lilo</A> </H2> <P>When you come to the Lilo-Section, specify your Linux-root-partition as your boot device because the Master Boot Record (MBR) of your harddisk is owned by Windows NT. This means that the root-entry and the boot-entry in your <CODE>/etc/lilo.conf</CODE> have the same value. If you have a IDE-harddisk and your Linux-partition is the second partition, your boot-entry in <CODE>/etc/lilo.conf</CODE> looks like: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> boot=/dev/hda2 </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>If you have two disks and your Linux resides on the first partition of your second disk, your boot-entry in <CODE>/etc/lilo.conf</CODE> looks like: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> boot=/dev/hdb1 </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Run lilo with a kernel that matches your system. Check the kernel by booting from diskette first if you are not sure. <P> <P>If you cannot boot Windows NT now, you have a problem. I hope you have created a repair-disk recently. <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-4.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-2.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc3">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>